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Employees at the nation’s consumer financial watchdog say it’s become toothless under Trump
Once a powerful watchdog for financial wrongdoing, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has seen its enforcement efforts ...
Trump admin’s attacks on Powell over $2.5 billion Fed renovation hinge on ‘VIP dining rooms’ and procedural grounds with an obscure gov agency
The most recent criticisms against Fed chair Jerome Powell come after President Donald Trump continues to demand lower ...
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White House puts Fed chair under pressure over $2.5bn HQ renovation
No one welcomes construction disputes, but when the initiator is the President of the United States, it’s even less welcome.
Economic council head says Trump's ability to fire Fed's Powell is 'being looked into'
In an interview with ABC News, Kevin Hassett was also pressed about the president's decision to hit imports from Brazil with ...
Trump ‘certainly' can fire Fed chair Powell ‘if there's cause': Hassett
National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett said the White House is looking into whether it has the authority to fire ...
Budget Director confronted over Trump’s lavish spending amid government cuts
The White House’s Budget Director Russell Vought has been confronted over Donald Trump’s lavish spending amid cuts to ...
Trump’s OMB director says Powell 'has grossly mismanaged' Fed as White House pressure builds
White House budget director Russell Vought said in a social media post that Jerome Powell 'has grossly mismanaged the Fed' as ...
White House ramps up attacks on Powell, accuses him of violating rules with Fed headquarters renovation
Russell Vought called the initial renovation plans for the Federal Reserve’s headquarters ‘ostentatious’ in what appears to ...