The US Senate has confirmed billionaire hedge fund manager Scott Bessent to be the 79th US Treasury Secretary.

The first openly gay person in the role has the delicate balancing act of cutting taxes and curbing deficits while putting ...

The Senate voted 68 to 29 to confirm Mr. Bessent, a billionaire hedge fund manager, as the next Treasury secretary.

Much of the opposition to former Fox News host Pete Hegseth, whom President-elect Donald Trump has nominated to serve as defense secretary ... affect whether the United States and Russia renew ...

Rollins, from the Great State of Texas, to serve as the 33 rd United States Secretary of Agriculture. “Brooke’s commitment to support the American Farmer, defense of American Food Self-Sufficiency, ...

The Department of State is a United States executive department formed in 1789 to assist the president in foreign and domestic diplomatic affairs. Marco Rubio is the current secretary of state. He was ...

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan's Democratic secretary of state announced Wednesday that she is running to succeed Gretchen Whitmer as governor in 2026, as the party tries to find its footing ...

Both sides agree that it will be Trump who decides if Rubio is MAGA enough to remain a member of his administration and ...

Rubio, the son of Cuban immigrants, will be the first Latino secretary of State ... the top priority of the United States Department of State, will be the United States.” Trump, he said, would place ...

Rubio’s confirmation vote passed with overwhelming bipartisan support, 99-0. Rubio also was able to cast a vote for himself.

Learn more. WASHINGTON — The Senate quickly confirmed Marco Rubio as secretary of state Monday, voting unanimously to give President Donald Trump the first member of his new Cabinet on ...