You're hired! Here's who passed Congress' Trump cabinet test and how stormy their hearings were
While some, like Secretary of State Marco Rubio, sailed through, others, like Attorney General Pam Bondi, saw their ...
Treasury chief from Charleston snaps up $12.5M DC home amid Battery mansion sale
A newspaper report says new Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, the former hedge fund investor and SC native, has bought a home ...
Treasury, Bessent Sued Over Giving Access to Musk’s DOGE
The Treasury Department was accused of breaking federal law by giving Elon Musk’s team of government efficiency enforcers ...
Treasury secretary to temporarily oversee Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
President Donald Trump on Monday designated Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent with additional duties as acting director of the ...
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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent named acting director of consumer watchdog agency
Scott Bessent, the Treasury Secretary, has been tapped by President Trump to be acting director of the Consumer Financial ...
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Treasury Secretary Bessent, tapped to run CFPB, orders staff to halt work
Staff at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau were instructed by email to cease much of their work. Bessent, a wealthy ...
Woman who wanted to kill GOP leaders said she was inspired by CEO’s slaying, prosecutors say
Prosecutors say a Massachusetts woman accused of planning to kill Republican leaders at the U.S. Capitol told police she was influenced by Luigi Mangione, the man charged with fatally shooting the CEO ...
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Why South Carolina should be proud Scott Bessent is Trump’s treasury secretary | Opinion
Bessent grew up in Little River with big dreams. He’s suddenly risen so high in national politics that few South Carolinians have ever gone higher.