A woman was recently sentenced to a total of 3 months in prison in connection with a pandemic-benefit money laundering scheme ...

Climate-change policy encompasses policies formulated specifically to tackle climate change and can be local, national or international in scope. These broadly fall into two categories; those ...

Public policy explores the intersection of policy, technology, society, and the natural world. Analysis of these intersections plays a critical role in being able to address the many environmental, ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A wide-ranging series of steps that President Donald Trump has promised to take to beef up security at the ...

Highlights,Scott Bessent rejects the need for a U.S. Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC).,Focus on enhancing tax cuts for the wealthiest earners through 2017 legislation.,Pro-crypto stance, but no ...

President-elect Donald Trump's pick to be treasury secretary, Scott Bessent fielded sharp questions Thursday at his confirmation hearing from Democrats and Republicans on tax policy, tariffs ...

You might know them from: The longtime investor and hedge fund manager was little known outside of Wall Street until he became one of the top economic advisers to President-elect Donald Trump's ...

Nearly 60% of respondents in a new poll published Thursday said they believe that President-elect Donald Trump will make a "fairly" or "very" good president in his second administration. The CNN poll, ...

Scott Bessent defended tariffs and argued for tax-cut extensions during his confirmation hearing as President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for Treasury secretary in the Senate Finance Committee ...

Who: Scott Bessent Nominated for: Secretary of Treasury You might know them from: The longtime investor and hedge fund manager was little known outside of Wall Street until he became one of the top ...

Treasury Secretary nominee Scott Bessent said he would support hiking sanctions against Russia if President-elect Donald Trump directs him to do so and accused President Joe Biden of playing ...

U.S. senators questioning President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for Treasury Secretary, Scott Bessent, didn't spend much time on cryptocurrency issues in his nomination hearing on Thursday.