Washington Examiner columnist Tiana Lowe Doescher said that Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell is “very happy” about Kevin Warsh’s nomination because it gives him a “permission structure” to leave. President Donald Trump announced Friday morning that he is nominating Warsh, a former Federal Reserve governor, to serve as the next chairman of the central bank’s […]

Less than ten days into President Donald Trump‘s second year in office, his Cabinet is facing a season of scandal threatening to overtake the administration’s messaging strategy on affordability. Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer is under investigation over allegations of an “inappropriate” relationship with a subordinate, and several employees in the Department of Labor have been […]

A federal judge ruled on Friday that Luigi Mangione is exempt from the death penalty after he was accused of murdering UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson roughly one year ago. Judge Margaret Garnett of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York blocked federal prosecutors from pursuing the death penalty in the case, […]

Kevin Warsh is a prominent U.S. economist, Stanford University lecturer, and conservative fellow at the Hoover Institution who has emerged as President Donald Trump’s nominee for chairman of the Federal Reserve. If confirmed, Warsh would succeed Jerome Powell when Powell’s term ends in May.  Warsh was under consideration when Trump was making his first Fed […]