Mostly Negative Response to Trump Naming FHFA’s Pulte as National Intelligence Chief
Reaction to President Trump’s surprise announcement that he was appointing Bill Pulte, the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), to serve as acting director of national intelligence was met with hostile response by Democrats and mostly negative...
FHFA’s Pulte Named Acting Director of National Intelligence
President Trump has named Bill Pulte, the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), to replace Tulsi Gabbard as acting director of national intelligence. Last month Gabbard announced she was stepping down from her job on June 30 to care for her husband,...
A Phil Hall Op-Ed: And the Award Goes to…Jerome Powell?
A Phil Hall Op-Ed: On Sunday evening, Jerome Powell was presented with the 2026 John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award. According to the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation, which presented the award to the former Fed chairman and current Fed governor, Powell was...
Jerome Powell Takes Aim at Trump: ‘Fed Has Been Undergoing a Stress Test’
Jerome Powell used his first public appearance since the conclusion of his term as Federal Reserve chairman to take a barely veiled swipe at the Trump administration for what he perceived as a threat to the central bank’s independence. In a Sunday night speech during...
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