Ed Kalecki

In an interview, President Trump declined to discuss the search and rescue operations.

He said the events would not affect the ongoing negotiations with Iran, this according to an NBC News reporter.

The Justice Department lost its bid to continue an investigation into building renovation cost overruns by the Federal Reserve, setting the stage for an appeal that could eventually reach the Supreme Court.

U.S.

District Chief Judge James Bosberg upheld an earlier ruling he made.

to quash two grand jury subpoenas issued to the central bank by U.S.

Attorney Jeanine Pirro as part of a criminal investigation into the cost overruns and congressional testimony Chair Jerome Powell provided on the matter.

Pirro's office had asked Boasberg to reconsider his decision to reject the subpoenas.

The ruling is the latest development in a legal battle that pits the independence of the Fed against the Justice Department's power to carry out investigations.

It was a good Friday for the labor market.

Bloomberg's Mike McKee takes a look at the numbers.

Bloomberg's Mike McKee on Bloomberg Surveillance.

President Trump Friday issued a memo ordering that the remaining Department of Homeland Security employees be paid during a record-long partial government shutdown impacting the agency.

Trump's move comes with lawmakers deadlocked on how to end the shutdown.

Democrats are seeking changes to Trump's administration enforcement policies.

But congressional Republicans in the White House have balked at those demands.

The president's directive, which he announced earlier this week that he intended to sign, led House Republicans to abandon talk of cutting short a two-week Easter recess to try and end the impasse.

The Pentagon's proposed fiscal 2027 budget would significantly ramp up its military firepower.

Bloomberg's Monica Ricks reports.

French President Emmanuel Macron is calling on medium-sized powers to join forces and stand up to the U.S.