Trump’s Treasury Pick, Scott Bessent, Joins Other Nominees With Game, Set, Match Over Senate Democrats
Treasury Nominee Scott Bessent Leaves Dem Senator Stammering: 'You Gave It to Me in Your Office, And I Did Read It'
When it comes to Senate bloviating, Democrat Sheldon Whitehouse is among the worst of a bad company. A political party that has lost its hold on the White House and its Senate majority has been reduced to what amounts to catcalling from the sidelines as the second Trump administration forms,
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Trump Treasury pick Bessent faces Senate grilling on taxes, trade, deficits
Will the Senate GOP confirm controversial picks like Pete Hegseth and RFK Jr.? Here’s this week’s full Senate confirmation hearing schedule.
Notably, Gabbard questioned the US intelligence community’s assessments that Assad was behind a deadly chlorine gas attack the same year she met with the Syrian strongman, to which Trump said at the time: “There can be no dispute that Syria used banned chemical weapons.”
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Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth earned roughly $4.6 million in the past two years as a Fox News host, his first personal financial disclosure report shows.
Trump's picks to lead four federal agencies testified without the flashes of anger that marked Pete Hegseth and Pam Bondi's earlier showdowns.
A cloud of controversy has hung over Hegseth, but he now appears to be on track to be confirmed as Trump's defense secretary.
Democrats repeatedly called Pete Hegseth unfit to be secretary of ... well as leases of those lands for oil and gas drilling. Scott Bessent is a billionaire hedge fund manager who has been a ...
Defense secretary nominee will publicly face senators for the first time after weeks of privately pushing back on criticism
Some of Trump's more controversial picks for Cabinet positions are set to face the Senate for confirmation hearings this week.
Democrats repeatedly called Pete Hegseth unfit to be secretary of defense, but Republicans on the Senate Armed Services Committee expressed nothing but support for his candidacy at a confirmation hearing.
In a new memo obtained by NBC News, Senate Finance Democratic tax staff found that Scott Bessent avoided over $950,000 of self-employment taxes.
All of Trump's high-profile nominees are required to file reports disclosing their assets and recent sources of income.
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