US EditionTrump’s List of Targeted Opponents Grows Longer with Action Against Powell and the Federal Reserve
The Justice Department subpoenaed the Federal Reserve amid disputes over interest-rate policy and a $2.5 billion office renovation, challenging the Fed’s independence, officials said.
- Trump's administration has targeted multiple government officials who opposed him or did not grant his wishes.
- The Supreme Court allowed Lisa Cook, the first Black woman on the Fed board, to keep her job after Trump tried to fire her over alleged mortgage fraud.
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The Timing of Trump’s Attack on Powell Could Hurt Next Week’s Supreme Court Fight Over the Fed
(AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File) Mark Schiefelbein/APThe Justice Department’s criminal investigation into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell could derail a similar effort to oust another member of the central bank’s board, Lisa Cook, according to legal and financial experts who spoke out on Thursday against what they called a political intimidation campaign.Next Wednesday, the Supreme Court will consider whether a D.C. federal judge was right…
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‘A moment of sheer nihilism’: Trump is running into a problem many political populists face
The legal battle launched by Donald Trump against the head of America’s central bank threatens a repeat of the darkest days of Richard Nixon.
President Trump’s list of targeted opponents grows longer with action against the Federal Reserve and Chair Jerome Powell
ATLANTA — Donald Trump promised in his second inaugural address to fairly apply the law, unlike how he said he’d been treated by federal authorities. “The vicious, violent and unfair weaponization of the Justice Department and our government will end,” he declared on Jan. 20, 2025. Since then, Trump’s administration has gone after multiple elected and appointed government officials who have either directly opposed the Republican president or not…
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