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Why is President Trump visiting the Federal Reserve and how could it affect interest rates?
Live from NPR News in Washington on Korva Coleman, President Trump is set to visit the Federal Reserve this afternoon. This comes in midst a campaign from the president and his allies to badger Fed Chair Jerome Powell about interest rates and a major renovation of the Fed's Washington DC building. And Pierre's Chamber Keith has warned.
Trump has repeatedly charged that the Fed chair is too late in lowering interest rates. And then there's the renovation, which Trump allies suggest could be grounds for firing Powell. Here was Trump earlier this week.
На вина планин доверий концерт. He's doing a little renovation for two point five billion of the Fed.
It is over budget.
What details did NPR reveal about the recent Venezuela‑U.S. prisoner exchange?
And it's a shame. But the biggest cost overrun is the cost overrun for interest rates. Because we should be paying three points lower.
The Fed chair, whose term ends next year, says he has no intention of quitting. This visit amps up Trump's pressure campaign, which threatens the Fed's independence. Tamar Keith, NPR News.
Venezuela says that one of the ten Americans returned to the US last week in a prisoner exchange is a convicted murderer. As NPR's Carrie Khan reports, Venezuelan officials say many of the released Americans still have criminal cases pending there.
Venezuelan public record show that one of the ten Americans released last week as part of a prisoner swap was serving a thirty year sentence for triple homicide in Spain.
How are Texas lawmakers addressing flood‑related emergency management challenges?
Danud Hanido Ortiz, a fifty-four year old dual American Venezuelan citizen, was arrested in twenty sixteen, but Venezuela refused to extradite him to Spain. Instead he was tried in Venezuela and last year convicted. More than two hundred and fifty Venezuela migrants deported from the U.S. and sent to a notorious prison in El Salvador were exchanged for the Americans. A photo of the ten arriving back in Texas last week included Hanid Ortiz. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said at the time the freedom were all wrongfully detained. A State Department official declined to comment, citing privacy, Kerry-Con and PR News.
A Texas committee focused on floods has heard from several state agencies about their needs during natural disasters.
What caused the mixed performance on Wall Street during today’s market update?
Panel of state lawmakers was created in the wake of last month's flooding in central Texas. We have more from the Texas Newsroom's Blaze Gainey.
One recommendation from Texas Division of Emergency Management Chief Nim Kidd was to start only allowing credentialed professionally certified emergency managers, which in smaller counties can often be in a
Point at position. We've got some great local emergency managers out there. But there's no baseline standardization for how they got to where they are. The next meeting will be held in
Kerrville, the area hardest hit by the storm. I'm Blaze Gainey in Austin.
Stocks are mixed on Wall Street, the Dow Jones Industrials are down one hundred seventeen points, the NASDAQ is up more than sixty.
Why did a House subcommittee vote to subpoena Justice Department files on the Jeffrey Epstein case?
This is NPR. A House subcommittee has voted to subpoena the Justice Department for files related to late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. President Trump's supporters have criticized his administration for what they see as backtracking on promises to release more information about the Epstein case. The internal watchdog for the US postal service has issued a report. It says the US PS failed to meet most of its own performance goals for processing and delivering mail on time during last year's December holiday season. MPR's Hanzi Lo Wang has more.
Between Thanksgiving and New Year's Eve is the busiest time of year for the U.S. Postal Service, which is a financial support of NPR. The USPS Inspector General's office has found during last year's peak mailing season, the Postal Service did not meet many of its own goals for making deliveries on time, including for priority and first-class mail.
What did the USPS Inspector General report reveal about holiday‑season mail delays?
And that's even after USPS lowered its goals from the previous year. The Inspector General's report says USPS was not prepared to handle the increase in packages sent during last December's holidays. New regional processing centers and changes to how USPS moves mail, which are part of its controversial reorganization plan, also contributed to delays.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
Why is President Trump visiting the Federal Reserve and how could it affect interest rates?
0:00–0:40
2
What details did NPR reveal about the recent Venezuela‑U.S. prisoner exchange?
0:40–1:26
3
How are Texas lawmakers addressing flood‑related emergency management challenges?
1:26–2:10
4
What caused the mixed performance on Wall Street during today’s market update?
2:10–2:57
5
Why did a House subcommittee vote to subpoena Justice Department files on the Jeffrey Epstein case?
2:57–3:50
6
What did the USPS Inspector General report reveal about holiday‑season mail delays?
3:50–4:39