Scott Bessent

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 Press
November 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

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October 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 Press
October 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 Press
October 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’

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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

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October 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

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Economy

Warren asks hedge fund group if it played Argentina bailout role

By Daniel Flatley and Bloomberg
October 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 Press
October 9, 2025
Scott Bessent, Javier Milei
Economy

U.S. launches financial rescue of Argentina, Treasury buys pesos

By Daniel Flatley, Patrick Gillespie and Bloomberg
October 9, 2025
Social Security Commissioner Frank Bisignano.
Personal Finance

An ‘IRS CEO’ now exists, and Social Security Administrator Frank Bisignano is the first to fill the position

By Fatima Hussein and The Associated Press
October 6, 2025
Scott Bessent
North America

Scott Bessent says stay tuned for ‘substantial support for our farmers, especially the soybean farmers’

By Didi Tang, Josh Funk and The Associated Press
October 6, 2025
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent appears in the in the Oval Office of the White House on September 25, 2025 in Washington, DC.
Economy

By supporting Argentina, the U.S. government hopes to start a domino effect preventing ‘failed states’ across South America, says Bessent

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October 3, 2025
Scott Bessent
Banking

Bessent touts swap, not ‘money,’ as Argentina shores up peso

By Nicolle Yapur and Bloomberg
October 2, 2025
Scott Bessent, Javier Milei
Economy

Scott Bessent tells NYC to ‘drop dead’ while he arranges a $20B swap line for Argentina’s chain-saw-wielding, dog-cloning president

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September 25, 2025

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