Treasury Selection Seen

Trump’s hunt for Treasury secretary down to the wire

The jockeying for President-elect Trump’s pick to run the all-important Treasury Department is coming down to the wire. Trump’s economic team will be tasked with imposing an aggressive tariff ...

Politics - The Hill - 3 days ago

Donald Trump narrows in on Marc Rowan for Treasury secretary

Plus, Lebanon pins its hopes on the father-in-law of the president-elect’s youngest daughter

World - Financial Times - 2 days ago

Treasury imposes sanctions on Russian banks, financial officials

Russia’s third largest bank, Gazprombank, and its subsidiaries were hit with U.S. sanctions on Thursday, making it the largest bank not already targeted as the Russia-Ukraine war nears its three ...

Politics - The Hill - 2 days ago

Trump picks Scott Bessent as Treasury secretary

Hedge fund manager will be responsible for implementing president-elect’s pledges to cut taxes and raise tariffs

Business - Financial Times - Yesterday

Trump picks hedge fund manager Scott Bessent to serve as treasury secretary

President-elect Donald Trump on Friday announced he had asked Scott Bessent, a hedge fund executive and top fundraiser to his campaign, to serve as secretary of the Treasury Department.

Trump Taps Investor Scott Bessent as Treasury Secretary

The hedge fund manager will be responsible for steering President-elect Donald J. Trump’s unconventional economic agenda.

Business - The New York Times - Yesterday

Trump nominates Bessent to lead US Treasury in flurry of announcements

He also announces nominees for labour secretary, housing secretary and surgeon general.

Trump taps Scott Bessent to serve as treasury secretary

President-elect Donald Trump has tapped Scott Bessent, a key campaign fundraiser, as his pick for Treasury secretary. If confirmed, Bessent will oversee fiscal policies amid ongoing concerns about ...

Trump names investor Scott Bessent as Treasury secretary

President-elect Trump on Friday named billionaire investor Scott Bessent to be his Treasury secretary. Bessent would be the key leader of the president-elect’s economic team, which will be tasked ...

Politics - The Hill - Yesterday

NFL Week 8 odds, expert picks, best bets, spreads, teasers, survivor picks, TV, NFL live streaming, more

CBSSports.com and SportsLine break down every single NFL game in Week 8

Sports - CBS Sports - October 27

Knicks select Landry Shamet and Matt Ryan in 2024 NBA G League Draft

The Westchester Knicks selected Matt Ryan and Landry Shamet with the No. 1 and No. 2 overall picks in the 2024 NBA G League Draft on Saturday afternoon.

Sports - Yahoo Sports - October 26

College Football Playoff selection process: How the committee will choose the first 12-team field

The CFP Committee has a new task -- the stakes have never been higher with the tripling of the field

Sports - CBS Sports - October 31

NFL Week 9 odds, predictions, expert picks: Best bets, teasers, survivor picks, where to watch all games

CBS Sports and SportsLine break down every single NFL game in the Week 9 slate

Sports - CBS Sports - November 3

Mass production of genetically selected humans: inside a Pennsylvania pronatalist candidate’s fantasy city-state

Simone Collins espouses a philosophy in which voting rights would be linked to people’s contributions to society. When Simone Collins, a Republican running for a seat in Pennsylvania’s state ...

World - The Guardian - November 3

My top 10: Enuma Okoro’s selection of works by women in Copenhagen’s Hirschsprung Collection

This intimate museum highlights the beautiful, often-overlooked work of Danish women artists from the 19th and early 20th centuries

World - Financial Times - November 4

CFP Selection Committee's new chair: Why Michigan AD Warde Manuel is adding another headache to his plate

Love of the game compels the 13 members of the College Football Playoff Selection Committee to travel to Texas each week, but the chairman has to do a lot more than that

Sports - CBS Sports - November 4

Lions OC Ben Johnson will reportedly be very selective if he decides to leave Detroit; 3 teams who make sense

Johnson won't go somewhere else unless it's an ideal situation

Sports - CBS Sports - November 7

Trump selects Susie Wiles as White House chief of staff, first woman ever in the role

As President-elect Donald Trump gears up for his second term in office, Trump announced Thursday that he has selected his campaign manager Susie Wiles to be his White House chief of staff. Wiles ...

Who is Lee Zeldin? Six things to know about Trump’s selection for EPA chief

President-elect Trump on Monday announced former Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-N.Y.) as his nominee to lead the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Zeldin has a fairly thin track record on environmental ...

Politics - The Hill - November 12

What we know about Trump Cabinet picks so far after Burgum selected for secretary of the Interior

President-elect Donald Trump has chosen North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum to run the Department of the Interior. CBS News political reporter Olivia Rinaldi has more on that and the other Trump Cabinet ...

2025 WNBA Draft Lottery results: Wings win No. 1 overall pick, right to select UConn's Paige Bueckers

The Sparks, Sky and Mystics rounded out the lottery

Sports - CBS Sports - 6 days ago

2025 Baseball Hall of Fame ballot: 8 things to know, including Ichiro Suzuki's shot at a unanimous selection

Inductions will be announced in January with the ceremony in July in Cooperstown

Sports - CBS Sports - 5 days ago

Liberty Energy’s stock rises after Trump selects founder as U.S. energy secretary

Wright said he is “deeply honored” by his selection and plans to work to bring “affordable, reliable energy to the citizens of the United States and beyond.”

Business - MarketWatch - 5 days ago

Paul Skenes of the Pittsburgh Pirates has been selected as the National League Rookie of the Year

Sports - ABC News - 5 days ago

2025 NFL Mock Draft: Bengals add blocker for Joe Burrow; Broncos select another receiver for Bo Nix

The Bengals defense needs work, but so does its offensive line

Sports - CBS Sports - 3 days ago

Johns Hopkins surgeon and COVID contrarian Marty Makary selected to lead Trump’s FDA

President-elect Trump has picked Marty Makary, a Johns Hopkins's surgeon who has espoused contrarian views about the COVID-19 pandemic, to lead the Federal Drug Administration. Makary is a ...

Politics - The Hill - Yesterday

Fed goes quiet ahead of its Nov. 7 meeting, with quarter-point cut seen as likely

The central bank isn’t likely to change its mind, even with two key data points and presidential election coming before their meeting, economists said

Business - MarketWatch - October 28

Polls open in Uruguay in a general election free of the deep political divisions seen elsewhere in South America

World - ABC News - October 27

Polls open in stable Uruguay in a vote free of political hostility seen elsewhere in the region

Polls have opened in the small South American nation of Uruguay in a remarkably civilized general election that pits an incumbent conservative coalition against a moderate left-wing alliance