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President Donald Trump says Fed Chair Powell should cut interest rates and 'stop playing politics'
Trump said in a social media post this would be the "perfect" time for the central bank to cut rates, but inflationary impact of tariffs could be an issue.CNBC - 21h -
Watch Fed Chair Jerome Powell speak live on interest rates and tariffs
Powell speaks Friday to the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing conference in Arlington, Va.CNBC - 21h -
Fed chair says Trump tariffs will likely raise inflation, slow economy
U.S. Fed Chair Jerome Powell says the Trump administration's expansive new tariffs will likely lead to higher inflation and slower growth.CBS News - 17h -
Trump’s tariffs will likely mean ‘higher inflation and slower growth’, says Fed chair
While the US economy remains robust, Jerome Powell cautions there is high uncertainty over its direction. US politics live – latest updates Donald Trump’s global tariffs assault is set to ...The Guardian - 20h -
Trump urges Fed to cut rates as tariffs cause stock plunge
President Trump urged the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates and ripped the head of the independent central bank as new tariffs caused stocks to plunge. In a Friday post on his Truth Social ...The Hill - 21h -
Powell sees tariffs raising inflation and says Fed will wait before further rate moves
Powell said the Fed faces a "highly uncertain outlook" because of the new reciprocal levies the president announced WednesdayCNBC - 19h -
Powell: In it until the bitter (?) end
The Fed Chair says he plans to serve out his termFinancial Times - 19h -
Trump, Powell at odds over tariff fallout
Presented by National Council on Aging {beacon} Trump pressures Powell; Dow drops 2k points President Trump and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell shared vastly different views Friday on the ...The Hill - 15h -
Fed chair warns of inflation risk as EU trade chief tells US ‘tariffs are damaging, unjustified’ – US politics live
Federal Reserve chair says ‘we face a highly uncertain outlook’; Maroš Šefčovič, the EU’s trade commissioner, says he held ‘frank’ talks with US trade officials . People in the US: how have your ...The Guardian - 16h -
Senate budget blueprint empowers GOP chair to decide if Trump tax cuts add to deficit
Senate Republicans on Wednesday unveiled a 70-page budget resolution that they say would give Senate Budget Committee Chair Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), a staunch ally of President Trump, the power to ...The Hill - 2d -
Watch live: Powell speaks on economy after Trump announces reciprocal tariffs
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is set to give remarks Friday morning on the state of the economy, just days after President Trump announced new tariffs on nearly all foreign imports. Powell's ...The Hill - 21h -
Powell warns Trump tariffs, risks are 'significantly larger than expected'
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Friday that the size and potential economic harm of President Trump's new tariffs were far larger than anticipated, raising new challenges as the bank ...The Hill - 20h -
Dina Powell McCormick on the important power of mentorship
Dina Powell McCormick, who served as deputy national security adviser during President Donald Trump’s first term, joins TODAY to talk about the new book that she wrote with her husband, Sen. David ...NBC News - 4d -
Powell Warns Trump’s Tariffs Risk Stoking Even Higher Inflation and Slower Growth
Jerome H. Powell, chair of the Federal Reserve, says the central bank’s “obligation” is to ensure that a “one-time increase in the price level does not become an ongoing inflation problem.”The New York Times - 20h -
‘Game over’ for ESG investing due to Trump backlash? Analysts say no
President Donald Trump and the GOP have expressed disdain for so-called ESG investments. Despite political headwinds, analysts say such funds are here to stay.CNBC - 4d -
Trump nominee says he would have stopped Signal breach
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Trump nominee says he would have stopped Signal breach President ...The Hill - 3d -
Trump’s Global Trade War Makes the Fed’s Task Tougher
Tariffs risk slowing growth and making inflation stickier, a tricky combination for the central bank as it debates what to do about interest rates.The New York Times - 2d -
Donald Trump says he is ‘very angry’ with Vladimir Putin over Ukraine
US president says his Russian counterpart’s questioning of Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s credibility could delay ceasefire. Donald Trump has said he is “pissed off” with Vladimir Putin over his approach to ...The Guardian - 5d -
What Trump says he's trying to accomplish with tariffs
President Donald Trump contends tariffs will pay for tax cuts, lower foreign trade barriers, revive U.S. factories, curb fentanyl and reduce the national debt.CNBC - 1d -
Republicans moving ahead with Trump's 'big' bill of tax breaks and spending cuts
After a long wait, the Senate is launching action on President Donald Trump’s ”“big, beautiful bill” of tax breaks and spending cutsABC News - 1d -
Powell sounds mildly hawkish in post ‘liberation day’ comments
Fed chair emphasises that ‘significantly larger than expected’ tariffs may lead to ‘more persistent’ inflationFinancial Times - 19h -
Inside the political fallout in Washington over Trump's trade war
With President Donald Trump’s sweeping reciprocal tariffs, there is new political fallout with some republicans expressing reservations, including Sen. Ted Cruz who is warning that keeping high ...NBC News - 1d -
‘War’ and ‘pain’: what the papers say about Donald Trump’s trade tariffs
The US president has announced new taxes on imports to the US starting at a baseline of 10% – here is the front-page reaction in Britain. Donald Trump’s tariff “day of liberation” arrived with the ...The Guardian - 2d -
Trump tariffs are 'pure madness' and the European Union should not comply, former Italian PM says
U.S. President Donald Trump's so-called 'Liberation Day' trade tariffs are "madness, pure madness", according to former Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta.CNBC - 21h -
Trump’s Tariffs Put the Fed in an Impossible Corner
Stakes are rising as Jerome Powell weighs recession concerns with inflation fears.Inc. - 22h -
HELOC rates drop below 8%. Here's what homeowners should do now.
HELOC interest rates continued their steady decline this week. Here are three things homeowners should do now.CBS News - 1d -
Trump's aid cuts may be delaying U.S. response to Myanmar quake
The U.S. is largely absent from the international response to a devastating earthquake in Myanmar amid President Donald Trump's deep cuts to foreign aid.NBC News - 5d -
Trump's agenda grapples with political and economic reality
Trump says it’s all going to plan but stock market turmoil plus struggles at home and abroad show how hard it is to deliver as president.BBC News - 12h -
Trump ramps up his trade war: From the Politics Desk
In today’s edition, we dive into President Donald Trump’s sweeping new tariffs and the fallout from Tuesday’s elections in Wisconsin and Florida.NBC News - 2d -
GOP senator says Trump ‘doesn’t bluff’ as the president says he’s ‘pissed off’ at Putin
Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) exclusively joins Meet the Press to discuss Donald Trump’s negotiating tactics as the president says he may impose secondary tariffs on Russian oil.NBC News - 5d -
FTC chair defends Trump firing of Democratic commissioners
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Andrew Ferguson on Wednesday defended President Trump’s decision to fire the agency’s Democratic commissioners. FTC commissioners Rebecca Kelly ...The Hill - 2d -
Traders betting Fed will cut rates at least 4 times this year to bail out economy
Data from the CME Group on Friday showed raised odds the federal funds rate will fall to 3.00% to 3.25%, down from 4.25% to 4.50% where it is currently.CNBC - 22h -
Trump's joint chiefs nominee says he would have stopped Signal chat
President Trump’s nominee to be the U.S. military’s highest-ranking officer on Tuesday asserted that he would have stopped a Signal chat among high-ranking officials last month had he been in the ...The Hill - 3d -
Congress tries to restrain Trump on tariffs: From the Politics Desk
In today’s edition, our Capitol Hill team explores how Republicans are joining with Democrats in efforts to check President Donald Trump’s tariffs.NBC News - 1d -
Trump says he wants to serve a third term as US president. Can he?
Donald Trump says "a lot of people want me to do it" and supporters claim there's a loophole to the two-term constitutional limit.BBC News - 4d -
Senate Republicans set to bypass parliamentarian on Trump tax cuts
Republicans are set to make the audacious play of bypassing the Senate parliamentarian and moving forward with a budget resolution based on a scoring baseline set by Budget Committee Chair Lindsey ...The Hill - 3d -
Trump and DOGE Defund Program That Boosted American Manufacturing for Decades
President Donald Trump says taxing imports will strengthen domestic manufacturing. Hours before announcing new tariffs, his administration cut support for centers that help US firms do just that.Wired - 2d -
Donald Trump expected to make appearance at LIV Golf in Doral. Will he play in the Pro-Am?
Trump has appeared at two of the three LIV events at Doral and participated in the Pro-Am. This would be his first appearance as president.Yahoo Sports - 2d -
Senate Democrat will block Trump’s VA nominees to protest cuts
Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) says he will put a hold on President Trump’s nominees to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs to protest cuts at the agency that provides lifelong healthcare ...The Hill - 4d