Scott Bessent, tapped by Donald Trump to be treasury secretary, faced sharp questions from Democrats and Republicans on tax policy, tariffs, China, Russia sanctions and the IRS.

A group of Republican senators introduced legislation that would restrict the purchase of land near U.S. military installations by foreign adversaries.The lawm

The nomination of Scott Bessent as Treasury secretary by President Donald Trump was confirmed Monday by the Senate.

The US Senate has confirmed Scott Bessent as the head of the Department of the Treasury. The candidate secured votes from most of the chamber, including 23 Democrats. Bessent, a well-known financier,

Inflation has caused the price of many everyday goods to rise, and while that's tough on just about everybody, it's exceptionally difficult for people on a fixed income.Seniors and people who rely on programs like Social Security are really feeling the burden of inflation.

McConnell joined Senators Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski, moderates from Maine and Alaska respectively, in creating what would have been a tie had Vice President JD Vance not broken it, in his first such vote as President of the Senate.

Since Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Russia’s economy has surpassed expectations. Its figures are, if not rosy, not ruinous either. Last year, the war economy likely grew ...

A bitter and bloody war in Ukraine has devastated the country, further isolated Russia from the West and fueled economic insecurity around the world. The Trump administration’s orders have sent ...

“The Moscow City Court found Dmitry Arkadyevich Shatresov… guilty of committing high treason in favor of the United States,” TASS cited Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) as saying.

Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt, the former chief rabbi of Moscow who left Russia after refusing to support the invasion of Ukraine, tweeted that Putin was “reviving Soviet-era tropes like ‘rootless ...

The new transportation secretary’s first move was to seek a rollback of Biden’s fuel economy standards. Transgender Americans say Trump’s orders are even worse than feared. The lack of ...

Former U.S. senator from Florida Marco Rubio jumps into new role as secretary of state with flurry of phone calls, planned trip to Panama.