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GOP Lawmakers, Former Fed Leaders Criticize DOJ Targeting of Powell

GOP Lawmakers, Former Fed Leaders Criticize DOJ Targeting of Powell

by Phil Hall | Jan 12, 2026 | Current News & Events, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s announcement that he was being threatened with indictment by the Department of Justice (DOJ) over alleged perjury during a Senate hearing has generated a harsh response from several Capitol Hill Republicans and former leaders...
CFPB’s Vought Puts in Request for Fed to Fund the Agency

CFPB’s Vought Puts in Request for Fed to Fund the Agency

by Phil Hall | Jan 12, 2026 | Current News & Events, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

Russ Vought, the acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), complied with a court order to request $145 million from the Federal Reserve to fund the agency. In late December, US District Judge Amy Berman, an Obama appointee, decreed the CFPB...
Report: FHFA’s Pulte Instigated Subpoena and Indictment Threat Against Powell

Report: FHFA’s Pulte Instigated Subpoena and Indictment Threat Against Powell

by Phil Hall | Jan 12, 2026 | Current News & Events, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

The Trump administration’s surprise decision to subpoena Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and threaten him with an indictment over alleged perjury during a congressional hearing was reportedly fueled at the insistence of Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA)...

Powell Announces He is Target of DOJ Criminal Probe

by Phil Hall | Jan 11, 2026 | Current News & Events, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell announced the Department of Justice (DOJ) has served the central bank with grand jury subpoenas related to his testimony last June before the Senate Banking Committee related to the renovation of the Fed’s headquarters. In an...
Fed’s Miran Calls for 150 Basis Point Cut in Interest Rates

Fed’s Miran Calls for 150 Basis Point Cut in Interest Rates

by Phil Hall | Jan 9, 2026 | Current News & Events, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

Federal Reserve Gov. Stephen Miran is calling on the central bank to cut interest rates by 150 basis points during 2026. According to a Reuters report, Miran insisted the central bank should move with greater vigor on rate cuts as inflation moves closer to its desired...
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