Each Cabinet-level nominee must go through a public hearing in the relevant Senate committee and then be confirmed by the ...

President Biden is sounding the alarm on the growing influence of ultra-wealthy billionaires on American life, a notion Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Treasury Department Scott Bessent refused to ...

This week in politics, President Joe Biden delivered his farewell address, the Senate conducted confirmation hearings for ...

Their exchange on the minimum wage shows two views of the world.

The fund manager will face senators at a confirmation hearing on Thursday ...

Bessent said he believed Trump's presidency would help "unleash a new economic golden age," which could include more jobs and ...

Trump's picks fit into three groups: the fortifiers (the good), the detractors (the bad), and the mercurial influencers who ...

MSCI's gauge of stocks across the globe rose 2.38 points, or 0.28%, to 849.68. Earlier, Europe's STOXX 600 index closed up ...

Treasury nominee Bessent a shoo-in Trump’s foreign policy steps into unstable world Gaza truce back on track Inauguration Day ...

Sixteen women. Twelve TV and news media personalities. Ten immigrants. A former NFL football player. These are among the ...

Scott Bessent, President-elect Trump's pick for Treasury Secretary, was pressed about Trump's economic plans at his Senate confirmation hearing. NBC News' Garrett Haake reports.

The Senate is holding more confirmation hearings for President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks ahead of his return to office on Monday.