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  • Trump picks Scott Bessent to serve as treasury secretary

    Trump picks Scott Bessent to serve as treasury secretary

    President-elect Donald Trump on Friday asked Scott Bessent, a top fundraiser to his campaign, to serve as secretary of the Treasury Department, two sources familiar with the matter confirmed to NBC News. If confirmed by the Senate, Bessent will helm the fiscal policies for an economy that weathered high inflation in recent years, an issue…