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The Crypto Industry Is Helping Trump Pick SEC Chair – WIRED

In July, at a Bitcoin conference in Nashville, Tennessee, President Trump drew perhaps the loudest applause of the night when he promised to fire Gensler if he was re-elected. “I will appoint an SEC chairman who will build the future, not prevent it,” President Trump said. Last week, Gensler he announced that he would resign […]

Should we be excited or skeptical about Trump’s new AG pick, Pam Bondi?

Conservatives rejoiced when President Trump nominated firebrand Matt Gaetz as his attorney general nominee. They couldn't wait to see him go after a partisan, weaponized Justice Department. But then, when Gates' controversial past got in the way and his confirmation in the Senate seemed unlikely, he withdrew his nomination so as not to “get in […]

MSNBC’s Jonathan Capehart ‘conflicted’ by Trump pick Scott Bessent

The weekend anchor for left-leaning cable channel MSNBC says he is “baffled” by President-elect Donald Trump's decision to nominate openly gay hedge fund manager Scott Bessent to be the next Treasury secretary. spoke. Jonathan Capehart, an opinion writer for the Washington Post and host of The Sunday Show with Jonathan Capehart, a Comcast-owned news channel, […]

Dow jumps on Treasury pick Scott Bessent’s promise to slash taxes

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose nearly 400 points on Monday after President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for Treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, laid out his priorities, including tax cuts. In my first interview as a Treasury candidate wall street journalBessent said he would also focus on imposing tariffs, cutting spending and keeping the U.S. dollar as […]

Warren warns Trump Treasury pick not to interfere with Federal Reserve

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) urged billionaire investor Scott Bessent, President-elect Trump's nominee for Treasury secretary, not to interfere with the Federal Reserve. “While I have been a vocal critic of Fed Chairman Jerome Powell's extreme rate hikes and lack of transparency, I have never questioned that it is his job to make those decisions,” Warren […]