Donald Trump capped off a busy week with a slew of new appointments on Friday, including several major positions in his cabinet.

Donald Trump has nominated Scott Bessent to lead the US Treasury Department, a post with wide oversight of tax policy, public debt, international finance and sanctions. The selection ends what has proven to be one of the more protracted decisions for the president-elect as he assembles his team for a second term.

President-elect Donald Trump on Friday said he will nominate prominent investor Scott Bessent as U.S. Treasury secretary, ending days of twists that saw high profile candidates pitted against each other for the cabinet position with vast influence over economic,