Why a full federal takeover of DC would require an act of Congress
As an indication of just how personal and petty this dynamic has become, the bill previously introduced in Congress proposing to repeal D.C. home rule was titled to produce an antagonistic acronym. It ...
Federal Reserve Chair Gives Update on US Bank Accounts Amid Trump's Orders
Jerome Powell was quickly thrust into the partisan turmoil surrounding Trump's executive orders and the efforts of Elon Musk.
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Ex-Federal Reserve adviser indicted on charge of economic espionage
A former senior adviser to the Federal Reserve Board of Governors was arrested Friday and accused of leaking inside information from the Fed to the Chinese government over a period of several ...
Forbes11d
There’s No Such Thing As An ‘Apolitical’ Fed, Nor Does It Matter
WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 19: A gold plated seal outside inside the Eccles Building, the place of the ... [+] Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and of the Federal Open Market Committee ...
Tariffs Can Mess With Tax Reform — It’s Happened Before
Joseph J. Thorndike examines how tariff policy in the 19th century slowed the introduction of the modern income tax.
30% of Americans increased their emergency savings in 2024. That's progress, expert says
Inflation and high interest rates are still taking a toll, but more Americans are able to set money aside in an emergency fund, according to a recent report.
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Trump offers all federal workers an 8-month buyout to resign
work in the Washington metropolitan area, which includes the District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia and parts of West Virginia, according to data from the St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank.
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Fed may only nuance much-maligned ‘averaging’ strategy
LONDON, Feb 14 (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve's widely panned and soon ... Mike is based in London but has also worked in Washington DC and in Sarajevo and has covered news events from dozens ...
Business Insider10d
The CFPB tells its workers to 'not perform any work tasks' this week while it shuts down its DC headquarters
"The DC Headquarters Building will be closed this week ... The CFPB receives its funding from the Federal Reserve rather than through Congress' annual appropriations process, which has been ...
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Trump administration orders consumer protection agency to stop work, closes building
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has ordered ... Vought said in a social media post that the CFPB would not withdraw its next round of funding from the Federal Reserve, adding that its ...
Washington Examiner17d
Public Buildings Reform Board seeks to revamp nearly vacant D.C. federal buildings
According to the slideshow, the federal government owns or leases 33 million square feet of building space in Washington, D.C., but as of 2023, federal agencies only occupy 12% of this space.
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DC federal workers in a 'panic' over novel experience of job insecurity with Trump cuts
Federal workers ... a former DC journalist who moved back to Motor City, who confirmed the comparisons. The US Capitol Building is surrounded by fencing in Washington, D.C., on Friday, January ...