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Risk of financial panic tempers Donald Trump on firing Jerome Powell

5 days ago | afr.com | Colby Smith |Jonathan Swan |Maggie Haberman

Colby Smith, Jonathan Swan and Maggie HabermanApr 19, 2025 – 11.55am or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? President Donald Trump this week revived a long-standing threat against Jerome Powell when he accused the Federal Reserve chair of “playing politics” and moving too slowly to lower interest rates.
Trump ameaça demitir Powell e coloca a independência do Fed em xeque

5 days ago | einvestidor.estadao.com.br | Colby Smith |Jonathan Swan |Maggie Haberman

O presidente Donald Trump reacendeu esta semana uma ameaça de longa data contra Jerome Powell, ao acusar o presidente do Federal Reserve de “fazer política” e de ser muito lento na redução das taxas de juros. Mas, reservadamente, segundo pessoas próximas a Trump, o presidente está ciente há meses de que tentar destituir Powell pode injetar ainda mais volatilidade nos mercados financeiros.
Risco de pânico financeiro reduz ímpeto de Trump para demitir presidente do Fed

5 days ago | estadao.com.br | Colby Smith |Jonathan Swan |Maggie Haberman

O presidente dos Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, retomou nesta semana uma ameaça antiga contraJerome H. Powell ao acusar o presidente do Federal Reserve (Fed, o banco central dos EUA) de estar “fazendo política” e de agir devagar demais para reduzir as taxas de juros no país. Mas, em privado, segundo pessoas próximas a Trump, o presidente tem consciência há meses de que tentar destituir Powell poderia injetar ainda mais volatilidade em mercados financeiros já nervosos.
Head of IRS being ousted amid Treasury's power struggle with Elon Musk

5 days ago | post-gazette.com | Jacob Bogage |Jonathan Swan |Shannon Najmabadi |Michael Kunzelman |Andrew Duehren |Alan Rappeport | +1 more

WASHINGTON — The acting commissioner of the IRS is being replaced after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent complained to President Donald Trump that the latest leader of the agency had been installed without his knowledge and at the behest of billionaire Elon Musk, according to five people with knowledge of the change and the sensitive discussions that precipitated it.
Risk of Financial Panic Tempers Trump on Firing Powell

5 days ago | nytimes.com | Colby Smith |Jonathan Swan |Maggie Haberman

President Trump again attacked the chair of the Federal Reserve this week, but advisers say the president has turned more cautious on policies that could stoke extreme financial volatility again. President Trump this week revived a longstanding threat against Jerome H. Powell when he accused the Federal Reserve chair of "playing politics" and moving too slowly to lower interest rates.
Head of I.R.S. Being Ousted Amid Treasury's Power Struggle With Elon Musk

5 days ago | nytimes.com | Jonathan Swan |Andrew Duehren |Alan Rappeport |Maggie Haberman

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent complained to President Trump that the acting commissioner had been installed without his knowledge.
Inside Trump's pressure campaign on universities

1 week ago | spokesman.com | Michael Bender |Alan Blinder |Jonathan Swan

As he finished lunch in the private dining room outside the Oval Office on April 1, President Donald Trump floated an astounding proposal: What if the government simply canceled every dollar of the nearly $9 billion promised to Harvard University? The administration’s campaign to expunge “woke” ideology from college campuses had already forced Columbia University to strike a deal. Now, the White House was eyeing the nation’s oldest and wealthiest university.
Casa Branca pedirá ao Congresso que corte financiamento de emissoras públicas dos EUA

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Benjamin Mullin |Tony Romm |Jonathan Swan
White House to Ask Congress to Rescind Funding From NPR and PBS

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Benjamin Mullin |Tony Romm |Jonathan Swan

The White House is planning toask Congress to claw back more than $1 billion slated for public broadcasting in the United States, according to two people briefed on the plan, a move that could ultimately eliminate almost all federal support for NPR and PBS. The plan is to request that Congress rescind $1.1 billion in federal funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the taxpayer-backed company that funds public media organizations across the United States, one of the people said.
Inside Trump's Pressure Campaign on Universities

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Michael Bender |Alan Blinder |Jonathan Swan

The opaque process, part of a strategy by conservatives to realign the liberal tilt of elite universities, has upended higher education. University leaders have been stunned by the swift assault, which many see as an attack on academic freedom aimed at crushing the influence of the elite institutions. Credit...