The editorial board of the Wall Street Journal has called on President Trump to fire Bill Pulte, the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency. In an editorial titled “Lawfare for Dummies, Monetary Edition,” the Journal identified Pulte as the mastermind behind...
A federal judge has reversed the suspension for work on Revolution Wind, one of the five offshore wind projects halted by the Trump administration. According to combined media reports, Judge Royce Lamberth, a Reagan appointee on the US District Court for the District...
The Trump administration is dropping its efforts to push for 50-year mortgages as a strategy to encourage affordable homeownership. In November, Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte encouraged President Trump to float the idea for the 50-year mortgage....
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)...
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...