Trump, Jerome Powell and Federal Reserve
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President Donald Trump has escalated his pressure campaign against Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, leaving the door open to ousting him for “fraud,” he said last week. That raises questions about what would happen if Trump actually tires to fire the central bank leader.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it will allow President Trump to fire three members of the independent Consumer Product Safety Commission.
President Trump asked a group of Republican lawmakers how they felt about him firing Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and told them he would "likely" fire Powell "soon," according to two White House officials and sources familiar with the Tuesday evening meeting.
He pointed out that the Biden administration held on to the Epstein files for four years with little scrutiny from Democrats.
Trump wants to play global peacemaker. Derailed Gaza cease-fire shows how daunting that ambition is.
The derailing of talks to solve the 21-month Israel-Hamas war is the latest blow to Trump as several of his efforts to broker agreements for fraught conflicts and complex global threats have stalled.
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Mediaite on MSNTrump Rages At Democrats In New Attack As He Jets Away From Epstein-Mania To ScotlandTrump launched a new grenade as he jetted to Scotland amid the uproar over Jeffrey Epstein — ranting about an attack on the "FireAid" concert. The post Trump Rages At Democrats In New Attack As He Jets Away From Epstein-Mania To Scotland first appeared on Mediaite.
President Donald Trump‘s bids to replace a litany of independent agency heads have prompted legal challenges from the Left, which could end up with the Supreme Court revisiting a 90-year-old precedent related to the president’s firing power.
The Trump administration is sending mixed messages about whether Fed Chair Jerome Powell should stay with the central bank until the end of his term.