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The Fed Building Renovation at the Heart of Trump’s Efforts to Oust Powell
The yearslong project to spruce up central bank buildings in Washington, D.C., received little attention until recently ...
Trump has wanted to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. A costly Fed renovation project could provide the reason.
The White House is looking for any possible way to discredit Jerome Powell right now," said Stephen Moore, an informal Trump ...
How Trump could use a building renovation to oust Fed Chair Powell
President Trump says he has finally found a way to achieve his goal of removing Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, accusing ...
Fed defends costly renovation project amid White House criticism that it was mismanaged
Investors don’t seem to give much credence to claims that cost overruns will give President Trump justification to oust Fed ...
Hassett says White House probing Fed renovation costs, authority to fire Powell
WASHINGTON, July 13 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump has the authority to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell for ...
Fed Defends Renovations as White House Widens Attacks on Central Bank
President Trump and his allies have accused the Federal Reserve chair, Jerome Powell, of misleading Congress in what some ...
White House Seizes on Fed Renovations as Opening to Oust Powell
A dispute over the Federal Reserve’s renovation of its headquarters could provide the pretext to attempt the removal of Fed ...
White House escalates pressure campaign on Fed chair by targeting its headquarters renovation
White House budget director Russell Vought is suggesting that Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is in violation of ...
White House’s Vought Pressures Powell Over Fed Renovation
A key Trump official said Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has “grossly mismanaged” the institution and demanded more ...
How the White House is broadening its pressure campaign on Fed chief Jerome Powell
President Trump’s fight against Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has taken on a new dimension, with an overhaul of the central bank’s headquarters at the center of a growing White House ...
White House accuses Powell of mismanaging the Fed, citing renovation
White House budget chief Russell Vought on Thursday accused Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell of mismanaging the central bank’s budget during renovations, adding to President Trump’s criticism ...