Hedge fund manager Scott Bessent — who has vowed to crack down on off-the-rails federal spending and help avert a “crushing $4 trillion tax hike” on Americans by year’s end — was confirmed as President Trump’s Treasury secretary on Monday. The Senate approved Bessent in a bipartisan, 68-29 vote, setting the 62-year-old up to oversee the IRS and take stock of the nation’s finances. The founder of Key Square Group had cleared the Senate Finance Committee last week in a 16-11 vote, backed by Sens. Mark Warne