White House, Federal Reserve and Jerome Powell
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Fed Chair Jerome Powell is under fire from the White House, which accuses him of bungling a renovation of the Fed's HQ and has suggested it could be cause to fire him.
When a reporter asked if the expensive renovation was a fireable offense, Trump replied, “I think it sort of is."
CNN’s Kaitlan Collins covers another busy week at the White House where President Trump has struggled to move attention away from the Epstein saga.
2don MSN
President Trump asked a group of Republican lawmakers how they felt about him firing Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and told them he would "likely" fire Powell "soon," according to two White House officials and sources familiar with the Tuesday evening meeting.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt echoed the president's sentiment on Thursday in regard to critics of the administration's handling of files related to the Jeffrey Epstein case.