White House, Fed and Trump
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Fed Chair Jerome Powell is under fire from the White House, which accuses him of bungling a renovation of the Fed's HQ and has suggested it could be cause to fire him.
Republicans believe Powell's testimony to Congress about an ongoing $2.5 billion DC office renovation may be a way to force him to step aside.
A day after a controversial episode lambasting President Donald Trump, "South Park" creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone played it cool at Comic-Con. Signs emerge of a backlash in California. Baseball fans are fed up with being harassed by preachers using megaphones anytime they want to head to a Mariners game.
President Donald Trump said on Friday he had a good meeting with Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and got the impression that the head of the U.S. central bank might be ready to lower interest rates.