The Trump administration has been turning up the heat on Fed Chair Jerome Powell, who has held interest rates steady this ...

President Donald Trump stepped up his attacks on Jerome Powell last week–but Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent came to the Federal Reserve chair's defense, The Wall Street Journal reported. Bessent in ...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent suggested on Monday that the government could open an investigation into the Federal Reserve ...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told the president in recent days that ousting Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell entailed ...

The Fed should be reviewed, citing what the Treasury secretary called “fearmongering over tariffs” despite the emergence of ...

Republican Rep. Anna Paulina Luna of Florida sent a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi calling for an investigation into Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell for "potential perjury and making ...

President Donald Trump’s deadline for tariffs was postponed twice. It is now Aug. 1, but Bessent claimed the deadline is not the most important part.

The person who receives the nod to become the next Fed chairman will be determined by two things: his loyalty to the ...

The treasury secretary’s latest comments contrast with his earlier alleged role as peacemaker. The president, meanwhile, ...

Donald Trump is reportedly fuming over a Wall Street Journal report claiming Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent talked him out ...

Donald Trump has repeatedly criticized Jerome Powell for not cutting interest rates, and he escalated his attacks on the Fed ...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent criticized leakers in response to a Wall Street Journal story that said he personally sought ...