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The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it will allow President Trump to fire three members of the independent Consumer Product Safety Commission.
The Fed chairman is likely to hold rates steady again at next week’s meeting, and that is almost certainly a mistake. But if unemployment begins to creep higher and the economy softens, Trump can blame Powell,
President Donald Trump has escalated his pressure campaign against Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, leaving the door open to ousting him for “fraud,” he said last week. That raises questions about what would happen if Trump actually tires to fire the central bank leader.
Former Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross believes that President Donald Trump attempting to unseat Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell would result in a lengthy legal battle and few benefits for the president.
President Trump said on Saturday that both countries had agreed to a halt in the fighting. But on Sunday morning, skirmishes erupted once more.
President Trump held a call with Cambodia Prime Minister Hun Manet on Saturday and is planning to speak with Thailand’s acting Prime Minister Phuntham Wechayachai in an effort to broker
Trump wants to play global peacemaker. Derailed Gaza cease-fire shows how daunting that ambition is.
The derailing of talks to solve the 21-month Israel-Hamas war is the latest blow to Trump as several of his efforts to broker agreements for fraught conflicts and complex global threats have stalled.
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