The president wants to pack the central bank’s Board of Governors with loyalists, which would grant him greater sway over an institution that is supposed to be independent from the White House.
Category: Politics and Government
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Trump Asserts Expansive Power to Fire Fed Governor Lisa Cook
Lawyers for the administration told a court it should be “highly deferential” to the president when it comes to firing a Federal Reserve governor “for cause.”
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CDC Standoff: RFK Jr.’s Push to Fire Director Devolves Into Chaos
Lawyers for the agency’s chief, Susan Monarez, insist that the impasse with Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. can only be resolved by President Trump.
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Following the Sounds of Arabic to Rediscover Paris
A language student’s guide to the French capital highlights the culinary, literary and musical influences that quietly shape everyday life.
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Donald Trump’s Big Gay Government
On the town with the A-Gays of Washington, who have never been happier to be out, proud and Republican.
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French Prime Minister Calls Special Parliamentary Session to Address Ballooning Debt
Prime Minister François Bayrou called a parliamentary session to address the “gravity” of the situation. An analyst said his move was “political suicide,” as some opponents vowed to bring down the government.
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Maurice Tempelsman, Diamond Magnate and Jackie Onassis’s Companion, Dies at 95
A private and politically connected gem merchant, he was thrust into the public spotlight when his personal relationship with the former first lady became known in the late 1980s.
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Trump’s Pay-for-Play Chips Deal May not Be the Last
The Trump administration’s unorthodox Chinese export pact with Nvidia and Advanced Micro Devices is worrying trade experts.
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Trump’s Pick of E.J. Antoni as BLS Leader Criticized by the Right and the Left
Economists on the left and right criticized E.J. Antoni for misunderstanding the data he would now oversee.