President Trump on Wednesday told reporters that Jerome Powell’s handling of a $2.5 billion renovation of the Federal Reserve headquarters 'sort of is' a fireable offense, raising new questions about whether he may seek to oust the central bank boss.

The New York Times was first to report, Trump waved a draft letter firing Powell during a meeting with House Republicans, and soliciting their opinions on whether he should proceed. The next day, Trump confirmed that was true: “I talked about the concept of firing him,

U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday he is not planning to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell even as he unleashed a fresh round of criticism against the central bank chief for not lowering interest rates and declined to completely reject the possibility of ousting him.

Republican lawmakers are split over whether President Trump should fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, with some pushing him to nix the central bank head and others encouraging him to be

There could be a revolt in global markets, including a possible collapse in the dollar and US bonds, if President Donald Trump were to take the unprecedented step of removing Federal Reserve Chair Powell from the helm of the central bank,

WASHINGTON] US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent suggested that Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell should step down from the central bank’s board when his term as chair is up in May 2026. Read more at The Business Times.

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The president floated the idea of firing the Fed chief to lawmakers, then said such a move was "very unlikely."