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Kevin Worsh is the new chairman of the Federal Reserve.
“He was sworn in Friday at the White House pledging to remain independent.”
President Trump said numerous times he once the Fed to cut interest rates and that former Chairman Jerome Paul cap rates to high which Trump claims slowed the economy. "Thankfully, unlike some of his predecessors, Kevin, understands that when the economy is booming, that's a good thing. We don't have to go crazy. Just let it boom. We wanted to boom. We wanted to be like nobody has ever had before because we do have
some debt. We'd like to take care of. And the way you do that is through growth. We're going to grow our way out of it so fast. And Kevin, somebody, and I feel strongly also, we don't want to see it stifled. We want to stop inflation, but we don't want to stop greatness." Two Democratic senators are demanding answers from the Treasury Department about the decision to settle a case over the leak of President Trump's tax returns. NPR's
Kerry Johnson reports.
“Senators Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Ron Wyne of Oregon are writing officials”
of the Treasury Department to get more detail about what they call an outrageously corrupt
deal that creates a nearly $2 billion tax payer fund that could compensate January 6 writers
and other Trump allies. The senators want the inspector general for tax administration to probe whether any laws have been broken, that bar political interference in the audit work of the IRS. Acting attorney general Todd Blanche is defending the settlement, asserting Trump and his family will not receive any direct financial benefit. But the deal also seems to shield Trump from any legal problems over his past tax returns.
Henry Johnson and PR news Washington Authorities are banning funeral wakes in parts of the Democratic Republic of Congress. The Congo, this to curb the spread of Ebola after some 750 suspected cases. NPR's Michael Coloki reports officials in the Eastern Congolese province of attorney said that moving forward, badials in the area would
“be done only by specialized teams and that public gatherings would be limited to a maximum”
of 50 people. Congolese authorities made the announcement a day after local residents
clashed with police while trying to recover the body of a patient who had died at a local hospital. The World Health Organization recently issued a call to countries affected by the Ebola outbreak to ensure that barials are conducted by well-trained personnel to reduce the risk of infection. Meanwhile, Rwanda's government also announced it would deny entry to foreign nationals who had traveled to the Democratic Republic of Congo within 30 days
prior to the arrival in Rwanda. For NPR news, Michael Coloki in Nairobi. It leased 82 miners have died, dozens more are reported trapped in northern China after a gas explosion Friday, according to the country's official news agency, leaders in China are calling for an all-out effort to rescue the missing miners. This is NPR news. She and the retail giant is selling the ultra-fast fashion is buying Everline, a clothing
brand targeting millennial shoppers on the promises of sustainable, fract fashion, and ethical factories. NPR's Elena Shuluki has more. The news of the deal has ricocheted around the fashion world because Everline and she and are a case of opposites attract. Everline had built its brand around, quote, "radical transparency into how it made the clothes and how it priced them. Everline clothes are minimalist basics
and natural fabrics," the category of affordable luxury. Meanwhile, she and his huge, its fast fashion, it's the hottest TikTok micro-trends with $10 skirts and $15 dresses and its face delegations of unethical labor practices. But she and's purchased is a lifeline forever lane, which has mounting debt and intense competition. Everline CEO says the brand even under she and would remain independent and committed to sustainability, Alina Saluk
NPR news. The president of the Maryland State Senate now says he's open to having the state redraw its congressional lines in 2027 this to possibly eliminate the only Republican health congressional district and give Democrats an opportunity to add another seat in 2028. Senator Bill Ferguson had previously been opposed to redrawing the lines, but he told member station WIPR in Baltimore
the Supreme Court decision on the Voting Rights Act and Republican let efforts to redraw congressional districts and numerous Southern states means in his words the rules have changed. Maryland's Democratic West more says the state needs to move more aggressively. This is NPR. Support news shows new music, new movies, keeping up with pop culture sometimes feels like
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