US Rep Billy Long (Image credits: AP) US President Donald Trump on Friday dismissed former US Rep Billy Long as IRS commissioner less than two months after his confirmation. Treasury secretary Scott Bessent will serve as acting commissioner in the interim.A White House official who spoke to AP on condition of anonymity, confirmed the removal, […]
US treasury secretary Scott Bessent (Image credits: AP) US President Donald Trump said Tuesday that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is no longer being considered to replace Jerome Powell as Chair of the Federal Reserve, after Bessent expressed his desire to remain in his current role.“I love Scott, but he wants to stay where he is,” […]
US treasury secretary scott Bessent said on Tuesday he saw no immediate reason for federal reserve chair Jerome Powell to step down. This comes just a day after Bessent publicly called for a full review of the Fed’s operations beyond its main role in setting interest rates. Speaking to Fox Business, Bessent said, “There’s nothing […]
Chris Pappas (left-X@ChrisPappasNH) and Scott Brown (AP) Former ambassador and former senator Scott Brown launched his campaign for senate in the swing state of New Hampshire on Wednesday.“I’m running for the United States senate to restore common sense, keep our border secure, and fight for our New Hampshire values,” Brown, a Republican, said in a […]
Scott Bessent called reports of his physical fight with Elon Musk ‘fake news’. Treasury secretary Scott Bessent shot down the reports of the physical fight between him and Elon Musk over the IRS commissioner and suggested that it was fake news. This episode, where Musk apparently hit Bessent like a rugby player after being called […]
Bannon claims Elon Musk was microdosing the day he hit Scott Bessent. Donald Trump’s former aide Steve Bannon has revealed more inside details of the day that Elon Musk hit Scott Bessent outside the Oval Office after being called a ‘fraud’. Citing to ‘words’ what people were saying about the fight, Bannon said that was […]
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt minimised reports of a physical confrontation between Elon Musk and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, describing it as a “robust disagreement.”Speaking to Fox News’ “Sunday Morning Futures,” Leavitt acknowledged her absence during the April incident but disputed characterisations of it as a “fistfight,” after […]
The White House witnessed two rare phenomenon this year- an openly gay Republican taking charge of the US treasury department and that same person beating up the richest man Elon Musk. Moreover, the brawl between Scott Bessent and Musk eventually contributed to the latter’s messy break-up with Donald Trump.The confrontation unfolded in the West Wing […]
The White House witnessed two rare phenomenon this year- an openly gay Republican taking charge of the US treasury department and that same person beating up the richest man Elon Musk. Moreover, the brawl between Scott Bessent and Musk eventually contributed to the latter’s messy break-up with Donald Trump.The confrontation unfolded in the West Wing […]
Scott Presler (Image credits: X @ScottPresler) Conservative activist Scott Presler made a public appeal to Elon Musk on Saturday via X, urging the billionaire to drop any plans for a third party and instead throw his support behind a populist, pro-Trump Republican movement.In a post on X, Musk said that a new party, The America […]
