Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell on Thursday formally replied to a set of pointed questions from the director of the White House Office of Management and Budget about the renovation of the Fed’s Washington headquarters. Powell pointed to a newly launched page on the Fed’s public website dedicated to answering questions about the project, which…
U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell testifies before a House Financial Services Committee hearing on “The Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress,” on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 24, 2025. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters As the Trump administration escalates its criticisms of the Federal Reserve and Chairman Jerome Powell, the central bank is…
Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought vowed Friday to press an investigation into renovations at the Federal Reserve building, which he called a “palace” where costs are running amok. In a potential escalation of President Donald Trump‘s feud with Fed Chair Jerome Powell, Vought told CNBC that an investigation is warranted into whether…
President Donald Trump‘s budget chief on Thursday said that Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell “has grossly mismanaged the Fed” and suggested he had misled Congress about a pricey and “ostentatious” renovation of the central bank’s headquarters. The broadside by Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought opened up a new front in Trump’s war…
The U.S. House of Representatives early Thursday morning began a final debate on President Donald Trump’s megabill ahead of casting votes on it, after Republican holdouts relented overnight and backed the spending package, allowing it to move ahead. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., extended that debate by decrying the bill for nearly nine hours straight,…
