What the Federal Government Provides for You
Here’s what the federal government does for you As pandemonium descended Tuesday after the Trump administration directed a freeze on federal funding, the chaos drove home a salient point: The federal government does a lot for you. The administration targeted 2,623 federal programs for review in circulated instructions, ordering agencies to “temporarily pause all activities […]
How Trump Could Implement New Controls Over the Fed Without Dismissing Powell
How Trump could exert new controls over the Fed — even without firing Powell Donald Trump and his allies have floated ideas suggesting that Federal Reserve independence could be compromised if the GOP nominee wins, from firing Chairman Jerome Powell to the president having a “say” in setting interest rates. But even as Trump has […]