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August 5, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Project 2025’s Success Rate So Far Will Terrify You
Thanks, we hate it.
July 30, 2025
Malcolm Ferguson
Federal Reserve Crushes Dreams of a Lower Interest Rate—Blaming Trump
Fed Chair Jerome Powell says Trump’s tariffs are to blame for what’s happening in the economy.
July 24, 2025
Malcolm Ferguson
Jerome Powell Calls BS to Trump’s Face as He Spouts Made-Up Numbers
The Federal Reserve chair fact-checked Donald Trump in real time as the president tries to come up with a reason to fire him.
July 22, 2025
Robert McCoy
GOP Senator Falls for Obviously Fake Resignation Letter From Powell
Republican Senator Mike Lee joined the MAGA chorus sharing a typo-filled letter claiming to be from Fed Chair Jerome Powell.
July 18, 2025
Malcolm Ferguson
Trump Team Sabotaged Fed Renovation as Trump Started War With Powell
Donald Trump is attacking Jerome Powell over a pricey renovation of the Federal Reserve headquarters. But the absurd renovation requests came from his team.
July 16, 2025
Malcolm Ferguson
Trump Whines About Person Who Appointed Powell, Forgetting It Was Him
As he wages war on Fed Chair Jerome Powell, Donald Trump can’t seem to remember he was the one who first appointed him.
July 15, 2025
Timothy Noah
The Small Army of Trump Sycophants Gunning to be the Next Fed Chair
Kevin Hassett is toadying hard to win the president’s favor. But don’t count out Kevin Warsh or Scott Bessent just yet in this latest White House blandishment derby.
July 11, 2025
Robert McCoy
Trump Rips Jerome Powell as Feud Shows No Sign of Cooling Down
Donald Trump claims Powell is the one who turned the U.S. into a laughingstock.
July 1, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Fed Chair Says Trump Screwed Himself on Demand for Low Interest Rates
Donald Trump has been demanding that the Federal Reserve cut interest rates. Jerome Powell finally said why they haven’t.
June 24, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump Tears Into Federal Reserve Chair Over Cratering U.S. Economy
Jerome Powell, for his part, brushed off Donald Trump’s crazed rant.
June 23, 2025
Timothy Noah
I Still Think Trump Will Fire Jerome Powell
It’s getting harder not to read the Federal Reserve chairman’s hesitation to lower interest rates as anything other than a comment on Trump’s incompetence.
May 29, 2025
Hafiz Rashid
Trump’s Next Authoritarian Target: The Federal Reserve
The president seems serious about challenging the independence of the Fed.
May 28, 2025
Timothy Noah
The Supreme Court Wants to Crush Regulation—but Not the Fed
The legal reasoning on this point is unbelievably sloppy—even for this court.
May 8, 2025
Edith Olmsted
Trump Melts Down Over Federal Reserve’s Five-Alarm Warning on Economy
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell warned that there was a high risk of stagflation.
May 7, 2025
Malcolm Ferguson
Federal Reserve Rings Every Alarm Bell About Trump’s Economy
Fed Chair Jerome Powell has delivered an alarming warning about Trump’s tariffs causing stagflation.
April 25, 2025
Grace Segers
Trump’s Feud With the Federal Reserve Will Hit Your Pocketbook
The threat to the Fed’s independence affects more than just the stock market—ordinary Americans stand to lose out as well.
April 23, 2025
Hafiz Rashid
Panicking Trump Walks Back His Attacks on the Fed and China
Donald Trump seems to have finally realized he’s sending the economy into a tailspin.
April 21, 2025
Edith Olmsted
Trump Sends the Economy Tanking Over Fight With Fed Chair
Donald Trump has made it clear he wants to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell.
April 21, 2025
Timothy Noah
Jerome Powell Is the Next Trump Crisis
The president is going to fire the Federal Reserve chairman—and the Supreme Court is going to let him.
April 17, 2025
Edith Olmsted
Trump Has Full-Blown Tantrum Over Fed Chair’s Tariff Warning
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell had warned that Donald Trump’s pet tariffs would cause inflation to skyrocket.
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