Tag: Donald Trump
A vacancy on the Fed is opening early as Trump urges board to ‘assume control’ if Powell doesn’t cut rates
Fed Governor Adriana Kugler announced Friday she is stepping down from her position earlier than expected, giving President Donald Trump the chance to expand...
After a reference to Trump’s impeachments is removed from a history museum, complex questions echo
NEW YORK – It would seem the most straightforward of notions: A thing takes place, and it goes into the history books or is...
It’s Trump’s economy now. The latest financial numbers offer some warning signs
WASHINGTON – For all of President Donald Trump’s promises of an economic “golden age,” a spate of weak indicators this week told a potentially...
Not just Big Bird: Things to know about the Center for Public Broadcasting and its funding cuts
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which helps pay for PBS, NPR, 1,500 local radio and television stations as well as programs like “Sesame Street”...
Who is Erika McEntarfer, the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner fired by Trump?
WASHINGTON – The head of the agency that compiles the closely watched monthly jobs report usually toils in obscurity, but on Friday, the current...
Judge pauses Trump administration’s push to expand fast-track deportations
WASHINGTON – A federal judge agreed on Friday to temporarily block the Trump administration’s efforts to expand fast-track deportations of immigrants who legally entered...
Everyone’s watching Jerome Powell as warnings flash for the U.S. economy
A surprisingly weak July employment report has intensified expectations that the Federal Reserve will resume cutting interest rates as soon as September, with mounting...
Washington Commanders’ return to DC clears another hurdle with preliminary council approval
WASHINGTON – The Washington Commanders' hopes of returning to the site of their former home at RFK Stadium cleared a significant hurdle Friday when...
Lawyer says he’s not been allowed to see 5 immigrants deported by the US to a prison in Eswatini
MANZINI – Five immigrants deported by the United States to Eswatini in a secret deal last month had served their criminal sentences before they...
Trump orders firing of government labor data chief after jobs report stuns market with massive revisions to previous reports
President Donald Trump on Friday ordered the firing of Dr. Erika McEntarfer, the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), igniting a political...
