Trump floats firing Fed chair with GOP lawmakers, then backs off The Washington Post Trump Has Draft of Letter to Fire Fed Chair. He Asked Republicans if He Should Send It. The New York Times Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq end higher after Trump’s Powell talk sparks volatile trading Yahoo Finance Trump suggests Fed renovations could be fireable offense for Powell CNN …
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State Dept layoffs necessary for ‘higher quality’ workforce, deputy secretary tells lawmakers
A top State Department official who oversaw widespread layoffs last week is defending the personnel cuts, telling lawmakers these decisions will produce a “higher quality” workforce to carry out the Trump administration’s foreign policy agenda. Michael Rigas, the deputy secretary of state for management and resources, told the House Foreign Affairs Committee that terminating more than 1,350 employees last Friday …
Read More »Bitcoin soars to new all-time high as US lawmakers focus on pro-crypto legislation
Bitcoin continued its rapid climb and hit another all-time high Monday as U.S. lawmakers begin a week focused on passing pro-crypto legislation. Data from CoinMarketCap showed bitcoin climbed above $123,000 early Monday, up from about $108,000 only a week ago. The world’s oldest and most popular cryptocurrency is currently the fifth most valuable asset class in the world at $2.4 …
Read More »Allowed inside, lawmakers split on conditions for detainees in ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
OCHOPEE, Fla. — Democratic lawmakers condemned Florida’s new Everglades immigration detention center after visiting Saturday, describing it as crowded, unsanitary and bug-infested. Republicans on the same tour said they saw nothing of the sort at the remote facility that officials have dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz.” The state-arranged tour came after some Democrats were blocked earlier from viewing the 3,000-bed detention center …
Read More »Florida lawmakers allowed into ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ say detainees packed into cages
Facebook Tweet Email Link Deep in the hazardous and ecologically fragile Everglades, hundreds of migrants are confined in cages in a makeshift tent detention facility Florida’s Republican governor calls “safe and secure” and Democratic lawmakers call “inhumane.” Two days after filing a lawsuit against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for being “unlawfully denied entry” to inspect conditions at the facility dubbed …
Read More »Florida lawmakers tour ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ after being blocked
OCHOPEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida lawmakers took a state-arranged tour of the new Everglades immigration detention center on Saturday after some were blocked earlier from viewing the remote facility that officials have dubbed “ Alligator Alcatraz.” Democratic and Republican state legislators and members of Congress were heading into the facility Saturday morning. So many politicians turned up that they were …
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