Scott Bessent

Cash is fanned out from a wallet in North Andover, Mass. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

Faith, Freedom, and Self-Reliance

How Trump can get consumers spending again — and what could get in the way

Bay Buchanan -

January 22, 2026 6:00 am

Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) attends the annual World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

Foreign Policy

Newsom claims Trump administration blocked his Davos speaking engagement

Emily Hallas -

January 21, 2026 5:49 pm

Trump speaks to reporters at the White House

In Focus

The White House’s false start on housing

Patrick T. Brown -

January 21, 2026 2:00 pm

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent listens as President Donald Trump talks after meeting with New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, Nov. 21, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

White House

Bessent calls Denmark ‘irrelevant’ after pension operator threatens to pull US investment

Brady Knox -

January 21, 2026 9:53 am

Bessent under fire for suggesting Americans purchased multiple homes ‘for retirement’

Jenny Goldsberry -

January 20, 2026 2:37 pm

U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent.

Defense

Trump preparing for ‘battle in the Arctic’ with Greenland acquisition effort, Bessent says

Brady Knox -

January 18, 2026 11:42 am

President Donald Trump and Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell.

In Focus

Trump learns the hard way that interest rates control the presidency, not the other way around

Tiana Lowe Doescher -

January 15, 2026 2:00 pm

President Donald Trump ordered the Treasury Department Thursday to sanction dozens of Iranian individuals and entities responsible for the Islamic Republic's deadly crackdown on protesters and skirting of international sanctions on the country's oil output. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

White House

Trump orders new sanctions on Iranian officials coordinating deadly crackdown on protesters

Christian Datoc -

January 15, 2026 10:34 am

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks before President Donald Trump arrives at the Mount Airy Casino Resort in Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania.

Energy and Environment

Scott Bessent hosts Australia, India, and G7 to talk critical minerals

Maydeen Merino -

January 12, 2026 7:02 pm

Supreme Court

Bessent says Treasury can cover tariff refunds if Supreme Court rules against Trump

Jenny Goldsberry -

January 11, 2026 3:16 pm

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