February 2020

Trump Says Prosecutors ‘Ought to Apologize’ to Roger Stone

WASHINGTON — President Trump congratulated his attorney general on Wednesday for intervening to lower the Justice Department’s sentencing recommendation for the president’s longtime friend Roger J. Stone Jr., broadening concerns that the department is ceding its independence to the White House. Later on Wednesday, Mr. Trump said that Mr. Stone was treated “very badly,” and

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As Congress Prepares to Vet Judy Shelton, Worries About the Fed’s Future Mount

WASHINGTON — Senators will vet Judy Shelton, a prominent Federal Reserve critic, for one of the central bank’s top jobs on Thursday, a moment that many economists will be watching closely because they see her as a potential threat to the central bank’s prized independence. Ms. Shelton has rhetorically questioned whether America even needs the

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