Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent calls for Trump tax cuts to be made permanent
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent appeared on FOX Business Network's "Kudlow" and urged Republicans to make President Donald ...
Warren Questions Bessent Over Musk Access to Treasury Payment System
In a letter to the Treasury secretary, the Democratic senator warned against meddling with a system that processes trillions ...
Treasury Warned of ‘Insider Threat Risk’ From Musk’s DOGE Access
Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency access to the Treasury’s payment system poses an “unprecedented insider ...
Bessent says Trump is focused on the 10-year Treasury yield and won't push the Fed to cut rates
While in the past Trump has implored the Fed to cut its benchmark rate, Bessent said the current strategy is using the levers ...
‘Second American Revolution’: The team behind DOGE’s government overhaul
As Musk’s team barrels its way through the government seeking access to sensitive information, questions are arising about ...
Trump names Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent as acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
President Donald Trump has tasked Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent with serving as the acting director of the Consumer ...
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Treasury Department Announces Yield Reduction Plan Under Trump
The Trump administration has launched a plan to lower 10-year Treasury yields through inflation control and spending cuts, ...
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What Does the Secretary of the Treasury Do?
Historically, secretaries of the Treasury have had high-level backgrounds in finance, law, and government. Scott Bessent is the 79th (current) Secretary of the Treasury. The Secretary of the ...
Fannie Mae Underpins the Mortgage Market. Should the Government Sell It?
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were bailed out by the government during the housing crisis nearly 17 years ago. The Trump ...
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How an arcane Treasury Department office became ground zero in the war over federal spending
A few weeks before Donald Trump was sworn in as president, members of his transition team went to the Treasury Department to ...
Here's how Elon Musk's access to Treasury system may impact Social Security
The new Department of Government Efficiency now has access to a federal system responsible for $6 trillion in annual payments ...