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Judge Pauses Fines Against Fulton County Dems for Rejecting Election-Denying Appointees  Democracy Docket Georgia’s Fulton County fined $10,000 a day for not appointing Republican election board nominees  yahoo.com Fulton county election board faces $10,000 a day fine for not appointing Republicans  The Guardian Judge holds Fulton County Commission in contempt of court, ordering $10,000 a day fine  WABE Judge halts $10,000-a-day fine in Fulton …

Note: Powell was appointed as governor by Obama and nominated as chair by Trump. When President Trump took office in 2025, just two of the seven seats on the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors were held by his appointees. He had also elevated Jerome H. Powell to the chair position during his first term. Note: Powell was appointed as governor …

NEW YORK (AP) — An executive order signed by President Donald Trump late Thursday aims to give political appointees power over the billions of dollars in grants awarded by federal agencies. Scientists say it threatens to undermine the process that has helped make the U.S. the world leader in research and development. The order requires all federal agencies, including FEMA, …

US President Donald Trump has used a series of executive orders to reshape US science.Credit: Andrew Harnik/Getty US President Donald Trump issued an expansive executive order (EO) yesterday that would centralize power and upend the process that the US government has used for decades to award research grants. If implemented, political appointees — not career civil servants, including scientists — …

The Federal Reserve on Wednesday left its key interest rate unchanged, a widely expected move that comes despite enormous pressure from the Trump administration to lower it. The Fed, in a statement announcing the decision, said that economic growth had moderated in the first half of the year but that inflation remained “somewhat elevated.” Two Federal Reserve officials, both appointed …

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has looked to the marble finishes and hefty price tag of the Federal Reserve headquarters to claim grounds to fire Chair Jerome Powell, with whom he has tussled for years over interest rates. But the extensive use of marble in the building is, at least in part, the result of policies backed by Trump …

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has looked to the marble finishes and hefty price tag of the Federal Reserve headquarters to claim grounds to fire Chair Jerome Powell, with whom he has tussled for years over interest rates. But the extensive use of marble in the building is, at least in part, the result of policies backed by Trump …