Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world Donald Trump’s Treasury secretary Scott Bessent is pushing for new universal tariffs on US imports to start at 2.5 per cent and rise gradually, said four people familiar with the proposal. The 2.5 […]
Scott Bessent, founder and chief executive officer of Key Square Group LP and US treasury secretary nominee for US President-elect Donald Trump, during a Senate Finance Committee confirmation hearing in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty Images The U.S. Senate voted on Monday to confirm Scott Bessent […]
Four days into the year and it’s all possibility right now. You have an idea of how things will go — what you’re looking forward to, what’s going to be challenging — but you’re working off archival material. Memory and experience, educated guesses. “2025 is going to be very difficult for me,” a friend said […]
Elon Musk has set his sights on MacKenzie Scott’s charity work once again. The Tesla and SpaceX CEO said the billionaire’s gifts to liberal nonprofits were “concerning.” Scott, the ex-wife of Jeff Bezos, has donated over $19 billion to charities since 2019. Elon Musk has taken aim once again at MacKenzie Scott over the billionaire’s […]
Bridget Bennett/Bloomberg via Getty Images Scott Stewart was the last player standing after beating out Rob Sherwood on the final table and claimed the title in the WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas on Sunday morning. With the victory, Stewart is nearly $2.6 million richer, claiming the biggest payout from the $23.4 million prize […]
The actor is currently filming a movie that takes place at the hip-hop festival. Owen Wilson made a surprise appearance at Rolling Loud over the weekend, popping onstage during Travis Scott‘s headlining set. The actor showed up right before Scott’s performance of his 2023 track “FE!N,” as Scott invited him to shout into the mic: […]
Owen Wilson made a surprise appearance at the Rolling Loud music festival over the weekend, taking the stage with Travis Scott in Miami. The actor braved the rain to come out onstage Sunday during Scott’s set, according to videos posted online and multiple reports. Wilson appeared ahead of Scott’s performance of his 2023 track “FE!N.” […]
Ridley Scott‘s plans to work with Paul Mescal again might be on hold, thanks to the Beatles. During a conversation with fellow filmmaker Christopher Nolan that followed a screening of Scott’s latest title, Gladiator IIat the Directors Guild of America in Los Angeles on Tuesday, Scott said that he plans for his next project to […]
Ridley Scott may have inadvertently revealed some major casting news during a Q&A with Christopher Nolan last night in Los Angeles. During a conversation with Christopher Nolan that followed a screening of Gladiator II at the Directors Guild of America, Scott confirmed his next project will be thriller The Dog Stars. When Nolan asked if […]
President-elect Donald J. Trump’s pick for Treasury secretary doesn’t fit his loyalist mold.
