UPI4d
Treasury secretary to temporarily oversee Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Feb. 3 (UPI) --President Donald Trump on Monday designated Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent with additional duties as acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau after firing Rohit ...
Fox Business4d
Trump names Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent as acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will serve as the acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), the agency announced on Monday. "I look forward to working with the CFPB to ...
The New York Times5d
Warren Questions Bessent Over Musk Access to Treasury Payment System
In a letter to the Treasury secretary, the Democratic senator warned against meddling with a system that processes trillions of dollars of transactions. By Alan Rappeport Reporting from Washington ...
Yahoo News4d
Trump appoints treasury secretary, a former hedge fund executive, as acting head of consumer protection agency
WASHINGTON — In what appears to be yet another move to consolidate parts of the federal government, President Donald Trump has appointed Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent as the acting director of the ...
The New York Times12d
Senate Confirms Scott Bessent as Treasury Secretary
Bessent, a hedge fund manager, becomes the nation’s 79th Treasury secretary. He will lead President Trump’s economic agenda. By Alan Rappeport Reporting from Washington The Senate on Monday ...
CBS News2d
Treasury says Elon Musk's DOGE has "read only" access to payment systems
Ron Wyden, for the Government Accountability Office "to investigate Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent's decision to grant access to sensitive government payment systems to Elon Musk and ...
AOL4d
Trump appoints Treasury secretary as acting head of consumer protection agency
WASHINGTON — In what appears to be yet another move to consolidate parts of the federal government, President Donald Trump has appointed Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent as the acting director ...
The Hill3d
Democrats call for investigation into Musk access of Treasury payment systems
“We write to ask that the Government Accountability Office (GAO) conduct an investigation of reports indicating that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent granted Elon Musk and other ‘Department of ...
The Washington Post12d
Scott Bessent confirmed as treasury secretary, giving him a key role in extending Trump's tax cuts
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate confirmed billionaire investor Scott Bessent on Monday to serve as President Donald Trump’s treasury secretary, giving him the delicate balancing act of cutting ...
Politico4d
Bessent tells lawmakers Musk’s DOGE does not control Treasury payments system
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent privately reassured Republican lawmakers Monday that Elon Musk and his team do not have control over a sensitive government system that manages the flow of ...
Trump names Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent acting director of CFPB, as former head Chopra confirms he is out
But the agency has since been targeted by trade groups who unsuccessfully argued that the CFPB's funding violated the U.S.
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What Does the Secretary of the Treasury Do?
The Secretary of the Treasury runs the U.S. Department of the Treasury, a Cabinet-level agency of the federal government. The department is responsible for crucial functions that help keep the ...