47 h. ago Trump urges Treasury Secretary Bessent to take Federal Reserve job

Trump urges Treasury Secretary Bessent to take Federal Reserve job  FOX19 | Cincinnati

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3 d. ago After Shutdown, Labor Department Says Some Data is Gone for Good

Surveys were delayed and some cannot be collected at all, officials said, further complicating the Federal Reserve’s decision on interest rates next month.

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3 d. ago Bessent rules out Fed chair role, explains what lured Saudis' $1T investment deal

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent confirmed he’s not seeking the Federal Reserve chair role and praised President Trump after Saudi Arabia pledged nearly $1 trillion in U.S. investments.

Economics

4 d. ago Breibart Business Digest: How the Federal Reserve Got Tariffs Backward

The Federal Reserve spent 2025 worried about the wrong problem, mistakenly holding back on rate cuts out of fear that Trump's tariffs are an inflation threat. The post Breibart Business Digest: How the Federal Reserve Got Tariffs Backward appeared first on Breitbart.

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5 d. ago Fed Governor Lisa Cook Says Housing Official Worked With Trump to Tarnish Her

New York’s attorney general, Letitia James, and a Federal Reserve governor, Lisa Cook, sought to publicize the role of the housing official, Bill Pulte, in executing President Trump’s retribution agenda.

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5 d. ago Breitbart Business Digest: The Fed’s Tariff Study Just Blew Up the Inflation Story

A new paper from the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco suggests that the economic establishment's narrative that tariffs drive up inflation is wrong. The post Breitbart Business Digest: The Fed’s Tariff Study Just Blew Up the Inflation Story appeared first on Breitbart.

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5 d. ago Lisa Cook's attorneys call mortgage fraud allegations 'baseless'

Attorneys for Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook are firing back against her criminal referral to the Department of Justice over allegations of mortgage fraud.

Society

5 d. ago James Comey: Judge says government 'missteps' may have tainted case against ex

James Comey: Judge says government 'missteps' may have tainted case against ex-FBI boss  BBC

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5 d. ago Judge says government ‘missteps’ in James Comey's case could result in the dismissal of the charges

Judge says government ‘missteps’ in James Comey's case could result in the dismissal of the charges  NBC News

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8 d. ago Breitbart Business Digest: The Week the Fed's Own Research Murdered Its Favorite Tariff Theory

The Federal Reserve released research proving its own rate-holding decision was based on a theoretical mistake. The post Breitbart Business Digest: The Week the Fed’s Own Research Murdered Its Favorite Tariff Theory appeared first on Breitbart.

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8 d. ago Fed Study Vindicates Trump Trade Policy: 150 Years of Evidence Shows Tariffs Lower Inflation

Researchers at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco examined major tariff changes from 1870 through 2020 across the United States, United Kingdom, and France. Their conclusion challenges the conventional wisdom that dominated economic policy debates in recent years: when countries raise tariffs, prices actually fall, not rise. The post Fed Study Vindicates Trump Trade Policy: 150 Years of Evidence Shows Tariffs Lower Inflation appeared first on Breitbart.

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9 d. ago Exclusive: Freedom Caucus Members Cheer Russ Vought Ending Unlawful Funding Through the Fed

House Freedom Caucus Chairman Andy Harris (R-MD) and Rep. Marlin Stutzman (R-IN) cheered Acting Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Russ Vought's efforts to ensure that the Bureau is accountable to the American people by ending unlawful funding through the Federal Reserve. The post Exclusive: Freedom Caucus Members Cheer Russ Vought Ending Unlawful Funding Through the Fed appeared first on Breitbart.

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1 week ago Some Black police officials worry more federal agents will breed community mistrust

Missouri's governor recently authorized the state's National Guard to assist ICE with clerical duties. Black police officers fear the trust they've built with communities of color could take years to rebuild.

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2 w. ago Exclusive — Whip Tom Emmer: Shutdown Causing Flight Delays, Missed Paychecks and Democrats 'Don't Seem to Care'

The government shutdown is causing flight delays, missed paychecks, and more, and Democrats "don't seem to care," House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-MN) said during an appearance on Breitbart News Saturday. The post Exclusive — Whip Tom Emmer: Shutdown Causing Flight Delays, Missed Paychecks and Democrats ‘Don’t Seem to Care’ appeared first on Breitbart.

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2 w. ago The Fed’s Recent Rate Decisions Have Been Divisive. It Is Likely to Get Worse.

The last three policy votes have featured some form of dissent, as officials grapple with how to weigh a softening labor market and resurgent inflation.

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2 w. ago Funding for space missions hang in the balance with the government shutdown

Planetary science is in limbo during the government shutdown — things like analyzing asteroids, studying the magnetosphere of Jupiter, or better understanding Mars so that humans might one day visit.

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2 w. ago Around the District: Highlights from the California Rural Success Summit

Around the District: Highlights from the California Rural Success Summit  Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

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2 w. ago Breitbart Business Digest: The Fed's Civil War Over Tariffs, Inflation, and Jobs

Yesterday we explored how the battle over rate cuts has scrambled old alliances inside the Federal Reserve. Today we look closer at what’s driving that split and what it means for markets. The post Breitbart Business Digest: The Fed’s Civil War Over Tariffs, Inflation, and Jobs appeared first on Breitbart.

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2 w. ago Trump Aides Raise Recession Fears, and Point Fingers at the Fed

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said some sectors were in a recession as he argued for more interest rate cuts.

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2 w. ago Breitbart Business Digest: The Fed's Strange New Battle Lines

Donald Trump gained an unexpected ally Monday in his fight with the Federal Reserve: Governor Lisa Cook, the Fed official he attempted to fire this summer. The post Breitbart Business Digest: The Fed’s Strange New Battle Lines appeared first on Breitbart.

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