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Trump, Federal Reserve and Scott Bessent

Reuters on MSN · 3h

Trump set to fill Fed board vacancy by week's end, has narrowed chair search to four

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he will decide on a nominee to fill a coming vacancy on the Federal Reserve's Board of Governors by the end of the week, and had separately narrowed the possible replacements for Fed chair Jerome Powell to a short list of four.

The Wall Street Journal on MSN · 13h

Trump Rules Out Tapping Scott Bessent as Fed Chair

WASHINGTON—President Trump ruled out tapping Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent as chairman of the Federal Reserve. “I love Scott, but he wants to stay where he is,” Trump said during an interview with CNBC, adding that he would take him off the shortlist of candidates to succeed Fed Chair Jerome Powell when his term ends next year.

Trump says Treasury Secretary Bessent 'does not want' to be Fed chair, but 4 others in running

The news follows Fed Governor Adriana Kugler’s surprise announcement Friday that she is resigning effective this Friday.

Trump, DC and Threatens Federal Takeover

Trump threatens to take federal control of DC after ex-DOGE employee Edward Coristine attacked

President Donald Trump once again threatened to take federal control of the District of Columbia in a lengthy Truth Social post shared Tuesday, after a famed former Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) employee was allegedly beaten in the nation's capital.

The New York Times · 3m

Trump Threatens Federal Takeover of D.C. After Member of DOGE Assaulted

President Trump shared a photograph that appeared to show a 19-year-old software engineer shirtless and bloodied, after an attempted carjacking.

U.S. News & World Report · 44m

Trump Threatens Federal Takeover of DC After Attack on Former DOGE Worker

Two 15-year-olds have been arrested in Washington for an attempted carjacking and beating of Edward Coristine, a prominent member of the Department of Government Efficiency

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Trump Rules Out Bessent as Replacement for Powell at Fed

With Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent not in the running, President Trump said that he has narrowed his list of replacements ...

1hon MSN

Trump Just Got a Fresh Shot at Bending the Fed to His Will

A Biden appointee’s early departure offers the president potential help on interest rates—and a way to make life difficult ...

7hon MSN

Prediction markets see Hassett and Warsh as Fed chair frontrunners as Trump talks up the "Kevins"

In a wide-ranging interview on CNBC's "Squawk Box," Trump spoke highly of Hassett and Warsh as potential candidates to ...

10hon MSN

Trump to announce Fed appointments soon; Bessent will stay in Treasury job

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he would "shortly" announce his pick for an open seat on the Federal Reserve's ...

5h

Trump scraps Musk's federal worker weekly achievement program across government agencies

Office of Personnel Management ends Musk's federal employee reporting requirement, citing managers have other tools to track ...

2hon MSN

Marjorie Taylor Greene urges Trump to commute George Santos' federal prison sentence: 'Far worse offenses'

Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene asks Trump to reduce former Rep. George Santos' federal prison sentence for ...

1hon MSN

Federal judge rules Trump administration cannot reallocate billions meant for disaster mitigation

The judge granted a preliminary injunction sought by 20 Democrat-led states while their lawsuit over the funding moves ahead.

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Trump says he ‘didn’t know’ about Ghislaine Maxwell transfer from prison to Texas Club Fed: ‘I read about it just like you’

Donald Trump says that he was not behind the order directing Ghislaine Maxwell’s transfer from a prison facility in Florida ...

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