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White House defends tariffs on Brazil despite trade surplus
National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett defended Donald Trump’s newly unveiled 50% tariff against Brazil on ABC News ...
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
President Donald Trump is escalating his pressure campaign to get the Federal Reserve chairman to either lower interest rates ...
White House budget director accuses Fed chair of violating building rules in renovation
Russell Vought suggested Jerome Powell is in violation of government building rules in the renovation of the Fed’s ...
The White House just took its most aggressive stance yet against Jerome Powell
The Trump administration’s intensifying campaign against Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell hit a boiling point Thursday.
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Trump Rips Jerome Powell as Feud Shows No Sign of Cooling Down
President Trump on Friday morning threw barbs at Trump-appointed Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, against whom he’s ...
White House Latest Attack On Jerome Powell: Claims Federal Reserve Renovations Are ‘Ostentatious’
Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought accused Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Thursday of an ...
White House Suggests Jerome Powell May Have Broken Law Amid Trump Rift
The White House accuses the Fed chair of potentially "violating the law" in his renovation of the central bank's Washington, ...
White House accuses Powell of mismanaging Federal Reserve, citing headquarters renovation
A broadside by Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought opened up a new front in Trump’s war of words against ...
White House financial watchdog rips Jerome Powell over $2.5 billion revamp of Fed HQ — warns construction could be halted
The White House financial watchdog ripped Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell over a lavish revamp of the central bank’s ...
Donald Trump criticises Fed Chair Jerome Powell again, says ‘I hope he quits’
U.S. President Donald Trump has the authority to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell for cause if evidence supports that, White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett said on Sunday, adding that ...