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The labor market appears to be far weaker than previously thought, with huge downward revisions to May and June, losses in manufacturing, and a rising unemployment rate.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said during a Breitbart policy event on Wednesday that the Federal Reserve is suffering not from “Trump Derangement Syndrome,” but from “Tariff Derangement Syndrome.”

The Federal Reserve’s latest FOMC minutes offer a peek into the mind of an institution trying to explain why its insistence that tariffs would trigger inflation keeps misfiring.

President Donald Trump said Friday that he expects Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell to soon start lowering interest rates after their meeting at the Fed on Thursday.

President Donald Trump pays a visit to the Federal Reserve headquarters in Washington, DC, on Thursday, July 24.

Sales of newly built single-family homes in the United States rose slightly in June but remained well below expectations, as elevated mortgage rates and affordability concerns continued to weigh on demand. The U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing

Senator Rand Paul has reintroduced the “Audit the Fed” bill, with Senator Rick Scott and other Republicans joining the effort to expose the Federal Reserve’s ethics scandals, lack of transparency, and $2.5 billion luxury headquarters renovation.

Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) said Wednesday on CNN’s “The Source” that President Donald Trump would “bring down the U.S. financial markets” if he fired Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell.

On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “OutFront,” Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) reacted to criticism from the White House over the cost of renovations to the Federal Reserve’s building by saying that you can’t fire Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell over that and

President Donald Trump declared Thursday that the United States is officially “back” and called on the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates.

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) on Wednesday said he would look into Trump administration calls to investigate Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell for “political bias” and “deceptive” testimony.

“I don’t even know why we have the Fed,” Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) said during an appearance on Breitbart News Daily, laying out the issues with the Federal Reserve and noting that Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell “should be gone.”

Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-OH) tore into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell during a tense Senate hearing accusing him of staying silent on Democrat-driven inflation while opposing President Trump’s trade policies and costing the U.S. government $400 billion a year.

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell on Tuesday during a congressional hearing said the nation’s central bank felt compelled to address policies around “reputational risk,” noting that “debanking” is a “serious problem.”

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell testifies before the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee on Wednesday, June 25.

The U.S. can continue to grow the national economy via greater productivity among American workers, even when migration is cut back, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell told a House hearing on Tuesday.

Fed chair tells lawmakers inflation could rise again due to Trump’s tariffs, keeping rate cuts on hold for now.

President Trump has a rare opportunity to break the cycle of the Fed’s bureaucratic groupthink. Here are three decisive moves he can make.

“TOO LATE’s an American Disgrace!” Trump wrote.

The Federal Reserve announced definitively on Wednesday that President Trump’s tariff policies are forcing a more aggressive stance on inflation.

The President joked that maybe he should appoint himself to the Fed.

As speculation builds over who might eventually succeed Jerome H. Powell as chair of the Federal Reserve, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says he is not seeking the role and remains focused on his current post.

The private sector added just 37,000 workers to payrolls in May, according to payroll processor ADP. This is the lowest pace of hiring since March of 2023.

Trump is keeping up the pressure on the Fed to cut rates.

President Donald Trump once again took aim at Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell on Thursday, apparently unhappy with the central bank’s decision Wednesday to hold its interest rate benchmark steady.

The Fed is stuck between crosscurrents: too strong to ease, too shaky to hike. The best they can do is what they’ve been doing—waiting for the fog to lift.

Removing Jerome Powell as Fed chair might not give Trump the interest rate cuts he wants.

President Donald Trump has no plans to fire Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, whom he called a “major loser” in a Truth Social post on Monday.

President Trump has been calling for the Federal Reserve to begin cutting interest rates, arguing that its policy is too tight for a slowing economy. Investors increasingly seem to agree with Trump.

“He’s always been too late,” the president wrote, adding that Powell is a “major loser” whose decisions appear politically motivated.

On Thursday’s broadcast of CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) said she is “glad” to publicly blast Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and say he would be responsible for job losses. But “If Chairman Powell can be

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell is the latest target of a Donald Trump “Truth Bomb” barrage on his Truth Social platform.

President Donald Trump on Friday called for Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell to lower interest rates, contending it is the “perfect time” to do so. 

President Donald Trump is demanding the Federal Reserve cut interest rates, escalating a high-stakes clash between the White House and the central bank as his administration prepares to unleash a new wave of tariffs.

The Fed cut rates three times under Biden, but now that Trump is in office, Powell says there’s ‘no hurry’ to cut further.

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell testifies before the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Development Committee on Tuesday, February 11.