Treasury nominee Scott Bessent faces sharp questions from Democrats at confirmation hearing
U.S. Treasury nominee Scott Bessent plans to say Thursday during his confirmation hearing that President-elect Donald Trump ...
Scott Bessent: China Builds 100 Coal Plants Per Year, "That Is Not A Clean Energy Race, That Is An Energy Race"
Donald Trump's nominee for Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Sen. Ron Wyden why it is goofy to claim the U.S. is in an "arms race with China for clean energy." SCOTT BESSENT: Senator Wyden, just ...
Scott Bessent vs. Bernie Sanders
Their exchange on the minimum wage shows two views of the world.
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CBO projects US debt to grow $23.9 trillion in 10 years, not including costs of extending tax cuts
The national debt is slated to rise by $23.9 trillion over the next decade, a sum that does not include trillions of dollars ...
Confirmation hearings day 3 highlights: Doug Burgum, Scott Bessent and other Cabinet picks face Senate questions
In a new memo obtained by NBC News, Senate Finance Democratic tax staff found that Scott Bessent avoided over $950,000 of ...
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Democrats Parrot Biden’s ‘O-Word’ in Effort To Paint Treasury Nominee Scott Bessent as a Faux Populist
Mr. Bessent called the extension of the 2017 Trump tax cuts ‘the single most important economic issue of the day.’ ...
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Could the Bull Market in Corn Spill Over Into Soybeans and Wheat?
Jerry Gulke thinks the strength in corn can pull up wheat and even soybeans because farmers will likely plant more corn and ...
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Democrats introduce FAIR Act to raise federal pay in 2026
Trump’s second term agenda includes cutting ‘slackers’ from federal workforce, former OMB official says ...