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Scott Bessent
Economy
Scott Bessent is defiant on whether tariffs are a tax, demands Democrats work to cut actual taxes instead
By Nick LichtenbergDecember 3, 2025
Kevin Hassett, director of the National Economic Council, appears to be the frontrunner to serve as the next Fed chair.
Economy
Longtime Trump advisor Kevin Hassett emerges as favorite for Fed chair, Bloomberg reports
By Nino PaoliNovember 26, 2025
United States Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent (L) and Chair of the Federal Reserve of the United States Jerome Powell (R).
Economy
Scott Bessent wants the era of Fed-watching to end: They should ‘move back into the background’ and make fewer speeches, he says
By Eleanor PringleNovember 26, 2025
Trump addresses the press corps while motioning to Scott Bessent
Politics
Trump tells Scott Bessent to fix the Fed’s high interest rates or ‘I’m going to fire your ass’
By Dave SmithNovember 20, 2025
Scott Bessent
Economy
Trump urges Scott Bessent to take Fed chair role, ‘but he wants no part of it, he likes being secretary of the Treasury’
By Christopher Rugaber, Josh Boak and The Associated PressNovember 20, 2025
Donald Trump
Economy
Odds of President Trump paying out $2,000 tariff rebate checks now sit at just 2%
By Eleanor PringleNovember 18, 2025
WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 07: U.S. President Donald Trump takes a question from a member of the media during a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office of the White House on April 7, 2025 in Washington, DC. President Trump is meeting with Netanyahu to discuss ongoing efforts to release Israeli hostages from Gaza and newly imposed U.S. tariffs.
Politics
Trump turned tariffs into his foreign-policy weapon. This week, the Supreme Court will decide if he went too far
By Michelle S. Price and The Associated PressNovember 3, 2025
President Donald Trump and Xi Jinping shake hands in 2019 before a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Osaka, Japan.
North America
Trump and Xi Jinping meet at a temporary trade truce just days after China purchased its first U.S. soybeans from this year’s harvest
By Nino PaoliOctober 30, 2025
Scott Bessent
Economy
Scott Bessent hails ‘very successful framework’ of U.S.-China trade deal
By Chris Megerian, David Rising, Eileen Ng and The Associated PressOctober 26, 2025
Trump, Milei
Economy
Scott Bessent working on another $20 billion of Argentina financing with private banks, sovereign funds, ‘more focused on the debt market’
By Fatima Hussein, Andrea Vulcano and The Associated PressOctober 16, 2025
Elizabeth Prelogar speaks on stage
Politics
Why the Supreme Court may choose to uphold Trump’s tariffs: ‘It would be incredibly disruptive to unscramble those eggs’
By Lily Mae LazarusOctober 14, 2025
Photo: Scott Bessent, US treasury secretary, during the Federal Reserve Board Community Bank Conference in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025. The conference focuses on key issues facing the community bank sector. Photographer: Eric Lee/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Economy
Global markets tumble as Beijing imposes new ban on U.S. shipping. Bessent vows China ‘will be hurt the most’ if it doesn’t surrender
By Jim EdwardsOctober 14, 2025
Jeremy Siegel, the Russell E. Palmer Professor of Finance at the Wharton School, addresses the Securities Industry Association during their annual meeting in Boca Raton, Florida, Thursday, November 10, 2005.
Economy
‘Scandalous’: Top economist Jeremy Siegel says U.S. sleepwalked into rare earths crisis as China tightens its grip
By Eva RoytburgOctober 13, 2025
Elizabeth Warren
Economy
Warren asks hedge fund group if it played Argentina bailout role
By Daniel Flatley and BloombergOctober 9, 2025
Elizabeth Warren
Economy
Elizabeth Warren accuses Trump of betraying farmers and ‘putting himself and his billionaire buddies first’ with $20 billion Argentina bailout
By Fatima Hussein, Isabel Debre and The Associated PressOctober 9, 2025
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