Scott Bessent, a South Carolina resident and billionaire investor, was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on Monday.

South Carolina Treasurer Curtis Loftis said Wednesday that calls for him to resign over an accounting error that left the state trying to figure out what happened to a $1.8 billion fund amounted to a witch hunt.

We can’t allow a treasurer to be pushed out because of other people’s failures” South Carolina Treasurer Loftis told a House Ways and Means panel.

The U.S. Senate voted Monday to confirm hedge fund manager and South Carolina native Scott Bessent as the 79th Secretary of the Treasury.

Billionaire hedge fund manager Scott Bessent won Senate approval Monday to become US Treasury secretary, placing him at the forefront of implementing Donald Trump's economic agenda

Explore Scott Bessent's confirmation as U.S. Treasury Secretary and his plans for tax cuts, economic growth, and fiscal policy.

The US Senate is widely expected to confirm billionaire hedge fund manager Scott Bessent for Treasury secretary Monday, putting him at the forefront of implementing Donald Trump's economic agenda -- which is already sparking global jitters.

South Carolina State Auditor George Kennedy submitted his letter of resignation to Gov. Henry McMaster's office on Thursday, Jan. 23, ending his nine-year tenure in the role. This decision comes ...

South Carolina hands LSU (20-1, 5-1) its first loss of the season with a dominant, all-around performance. After taking control in the third quarter, the Gamecocks never looked back, building a ...

It's well known that anyone who criticizes George Soros, the Hungarian-born international speculator, for his global troublemaking is immediately labeled a lurking, conspiracy-theory-spouting, flat-earth-believing reactionary. But now that the magnate’s ...

The South Carolina Treasurer defended his actions to a House committee Wednesday, amid calls for his resignation.

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