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Trump Doubles Down on ‘Rigged’ Job Data Claim on CNBC, Says Bessent Won’t Be Fed Nominee  Barron’s Trump’s chilling assault on economic data  Financial Times Opinion | Firing the BLS commissioner will come back to haunt Trump  The Washington Post In rejecting the jobs report, Trump follows his own playbook of discrediting unfavorable data  AP News Former Trump advisor criticizes Trump’s timing on ousting …

Trump narrows Fed chair list: Bessent is out, while these two rise in rankings  MarketWatch Trump says Scott Bessent no longer in the running for Fed chair  CNN Trump says Treasury Secretary Bessent ‘does not want’ to be Fed chair, but 4 others in running  CNBC Donald Trump rules out Scott Bessent for Federal Reserve chair  Financial Times Trump will announce Fed appointments soon; …

Facebook Tweet Email Link President Donald Trump said Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is no longer being considered as a replacement for Jerome Powell as Federal Reserve Chair. “I love Scott, but he wants to stay where he is,” Trump said Tuesday in a CNBC interview Tuesday morning. “I’ll take him off, because I asked him just last night, ‘Is this …

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent off list for next Fed chair, Trump says  Axios Trump says Scott Bessent no longer in the running for Fed chair  CNN Trump says Treasury Secretary Bessent ‘does not want’ to be Fed chair, but 4 others in running  CNBC Donald Trump rules out Scott Bessent for Federal Reserve chair  Financial Times Trump Says Four Candidates in Running for Fed …

Treasury Secretary Bessent under fire over Social Security comments  Axios Treasury Secretary Says Trump Accounts Could Pave Way to Privatizing Social Security  The New York Times Trump’s newborn savings accounts a ‘back door for privatizing Social Security,’ Bessent says  The Washington Post Bessent hails new ‘Trump accounts’ as ‘backdoor for privatizing Social Security’  Politico Bessent tries to clarify comments suggesting Social Security could be …

Trump’s newborn savings accounts a ‘back door for privatizing Social Security,’ Bessent says  The Washington Post Treasury secretary calls new Trump accounts ‘a backdoor’ way to privatize Social Security  CNN Trump accounts are a ‘backdoor for privatizing Social Security,’ Treasury secretary says  USA Today ‘Trump accounts’ for newborns could grow to $1.9M, Treasury says  Fox Business Bessent hails new ‘Trump accounts’ as ‘backdoor for …

WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Wednesday that the children’s savings program included in President Donald Trump’s tax break-and-spending cut law “is a back door for privatizing Social Security,” reigniting an issue that has dogged Republicans for years. Bessent’s remarks, which he made at a forum hosted by Breitbart News, were striking after Trump’s repeated promises on the …

Bessent hails new ‘Trump accounts’ as ‘backdoor way to privatize Social Security’  Politico Trump’s treasury secretary says he sees ‘a backdoor for privatizing Social Security’  MSNBC News Trump Baby Accounts Could Create Generation of Millionaire Retirees  Newsweek Bessent says child savings accounts in Trump law are ‘a back door for privatizing Social Security’  AP News Trump accounts are a ‘backdoor for privatizing Social Security,’ …

Natalie Sherman & Peter Hoskins Business reporters, BBC News EPA US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said it would be up to the president whether the tariff truce would be extended Top officials from the US and China have ended two days of what both sides described as “constructive” talks by agreeing to continue working to extend their 90-day tariff truce. …

Summers Says Bessent Right to Question Fed on ‘Overreach’  Bloomberg.com Treasury Secretary Bessent calls for a review of ‘the entire’ Federal Reserve  CNBC Fed reform may move markets more than Powell ouster  Reuters Bessent: The Trump administration should look into the Fed’s ‘many mistakes’  CNN Bessent backs Fed independence on rates amid Trump criticism  The Hill Source link