Trump’s D.O.J. Went After the Fed. It Backfired.
The Trump administration initiated a criminal investigation into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell over cost overruns in a headquarters renovation, widely seen as a politically motivated effort to pressure Powell into lowering interest rates. The move backfired, triggering bipartisan ba
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