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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Mark Halperin Torpedoes Dems’ ‘Poor Tactics And Strategy’ Against Trump Nominees
Political analyst Mark Halperin criticized Senate Democrats on Thursday for their handling of President-elect Donald Trump’s ...
CBO projects U.S. 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 ...
Scott Bessent believes federal minimum wage should not be increased
Scott Bessent, President-elect Trump's pick to serve as treasury secretary, told Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., that the minimum ...
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A look at Donald Trump’s tariff team
Most of Trump's team is pro-tariff - and this will drive global markets to American whims and companies seeking to relocate ...
Trump’s Treasury pick rejects minimum wage hike, champions tax breaks
Scott Bessent summarized the incoming administration's perspective perfectly: Yes to tax breaks for the wealthy, no to ...
The ‘Trump bump’ has survived tariff announcements—but will it survive the good, the bad, and the unknown in his cabinet?
Trump's picks fit into three groups: the fortifiers (the good), the detractors (the bad), and the mercurial influencers who ...
5 things to know before the stock market opens Friday
The Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 are headed for their best weeks since the November election. SpaceX launched ...