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Hassett on Trump firing Powell: 'A highly uncertain legal matter'

President Donald Trump said he would consider National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett to replace Jerome Powell as ...
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Trump Says He Has ‘No Intention’ of Firing Fed Chair Powell

Even if Trump were to try to fire Powell, he would likely have forced an uphill legal battle he didn’t need in the midst of a continuing trade war with China and other U.S. trading partners.
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Top Trump econ adviser says White House is studying ways to fire Powell

Kevin Hassett, President Donald Trump's top economic adviser, told reporters the White House is exploring how to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell despite the position's legal guardrails.
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Trump says he may change his mind about firing Fed Chair Powell

U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday again floated the idea of firing Jerome Powell, the Federal Reserve chair he has long attacked over interest rates he wants lowered.
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Powell Shuts Down Talk of Trump Firing Fed Members - Barron's

Jerome Powell had nothing to say about that. “I President Donald Trump’s move to fire two Democratic members of the Federal Trade Commission may raise some legal challenges.
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Trump says he has ‘no intention of firing’ Fed Chair Powell, days ...

President Donald Trump said Tuesday he had “no intention of firing” Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. The message is a stark change from just a day earlier, when Trump called Powell a ...