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President Donald Trump says “anybody” but Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell should head the central bank. Could that even include Treasury Secretary Scott Bessett — and would he be able to wear both hats?
Here’s how President Trump can take on the Fed’s refusal to cut rates: Have the Treasury issue bonds in gold, providing a simple metric to show if the dollar’s value is being undermined or maintained.
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Powell has said politics don't play a part in Fed rate decisions. He and his colleagues have held the key overnight borrowing rate in place since December, though markets largely expect a cut is on the way not at the Fed's July meeting, but in September.
President Donald Trump has seized the authority to lay off federal workers and reorganize the federal government in a way that critics say no president has been able to do in more than 100 years.
A judge has temporarily blocked federal agencies from conducting immigration enforcement raids in L.A. that have shocked the nation in recent weeks.
A U.S. appeals court on Thursday placed a brief pause on a judge's ruling that had blocked President Donald Trump's administration from stripping hundreds of thousands of federal workers of the ability to engage in union bargaining with U.
President Donald Trump slammed a pair of Democratic lawmakers for introducing a bill that would require ICE and CBP agents to not wear face masks.