Donald Trump, Federal Reserve and interest rates
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President Donald Trump said on Friday that a decision on the next Federal Reserve chair will be coming out soon, adding that a good Fed chair would lower interest rates.
The president's budget proposal sits with the Senate, but whether it'll listen to the CBO's findings remains to be seen.
A new "merit hiring plan" from the Office of Personnel Management asks candidates how they will advance Trump's policy agenda.
President Trump said his pick for the next Federal Reserve chair was coming soon as he stepped up his attacks on Jerome H. Powell.
In a state that handed Trump three straight wins, where Trump flags flap near food aid flyers pinned on bulletin boards, the cost of his austerity push is starting to show. "Food banks will still have food,
President Donald Trump signed an order blocking the entry of Harvard’s international students into the U.S., citing national security reasons.
The president could tighten federal oversight of the tech titan’s businesses, even if heavy reliance by the Pentagon and NASA on them makes terminating Mr. Musk’s contracts less feasible.
Trump threatens to cut off Elon Musk's federal subsidies. That could cost Tesla and SpaceX billions.
"The easiest way to save money in our Budget … is to terminate Elon's Governmental Subsidies and Contracts," Trump said in a post.