(Reuters) -U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders on Saturday called on Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to resign, days after a senior public health official was fired and four others resigned in disputes over Kennedy’s unorthodox opposition to vaccines. Sanders, an independent senator from Vermont who caucuses with Democrats, wrote in a New York Times guest essay …
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Jairzinho Rozenstruik continues to impress away from the UFC Octagon, and many think it’s time for Dana White and co. to bring him back. The Jon Jones co-owned Dirty Boxing promotion was back in action Friday night, with its third event taking place at The Hangar at Regatta Harbour in Miami, Florida. 11 former UFC fighters were in action, including …
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Moments after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s closely watched speech at the Jackson Hole symposium on Friday, President Donald Trump dramatically escalated his ongoing assault on the central bank’s leadership by threatening to fire governor Lisa Cook if she does not resign. The extraordinary move punctuated an already tense week for the central bank, as Trump has been criticizing Cook …
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The Making Money panel discusses President Donald Trump calling for Lisa Cook to resign from the Federal Reserve Board of Governors and more. President Donald Trump on Friday threatened to fire a member of the Federal Reserve’s board of governors if she doesn’t resign from her role. Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook is facing mortgage fraud allegations that are under …
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MORAN, Wyo.—Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell signaled Friday that the central bank could be edging closer to lowering interest rates, even as he warned of the difficult economic backdrop confronting policymakers. Speaking at the Kansas City Fed’s annual Jackson Hole symposium, Powell described an unsettling mix of risks. “In the near term, risks to inflation are tilted to the upside, …
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President Donald Trump said Friday that he will fire Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook if she doesn’t resign. “What she did was bad. So I’ll fire her if she doesn’t resign,” he told reporters. Trump’s comment came days after Federal Housing Finance Agency Director William Pulte alleged that Cook had committed mortgage fraud. In a letter to Attorney General Pam …
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