After a messy, public competition between hopefuls, President-elect Donald Trump nominated hedge fund manager Scott Bessent to be the next Treasury secretary. On today’s Big Take DC podcast, hosts ...

Scott Bessent was a protege of Jewish billionaire George Soros, who is at the center of many antisemitic conspiracy theories.

Jonathan Capehart is a Washington Post opinion writer who moonlights as host of “The Sunday Show with Jonathan Capehart” on ...

Apollo Global Management CEO Marc Rowan and financier Kevin Warsh were also being considered. Trump celebrated Bessent in his ...

Investors seemed to signal their approval for Scott Bessent as a safe choice to implement the president-elect’s economic ...