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Federal Reserve Urges Judge to Keep Powell Subpoenas Quashed After DOJ Admits No Evidence

The legal fight has chilled the Fed chair succession by halting Kevin Warsh’s confirmation.

Oil Leaps Past $108 as Hormuz Disruptions and New Strikes Jolt Markets Before Fed

U.S. Push for Hormuz Escort Coalition Yields No Pledges as Oil Tops $100

Judge Quashes DOJ Subpoenas to Fed in Powell Probe

Bessent Won’t Rule Out Legal Action as Warsh Fed Nomination Tests Central Bank Independence

Silver Plunges as Precious-Metals Rebound Unravels on Fed and Dollar Jitters

Gold Soars Past $5,500 to Fresh Record as Silver Nears $120

Fed Pauses Easing, Holds Rates at 3.50%–3.75% as Inflation Stays Elevated

Gold Tops $5,200 as Dollar Slides After Trump Remarks

Gold and Silver Set Records as Bitcoin Holds Near $88,000

Supreme Court Signals It Will Keep Lisa Cook on Fed Board for Now

Trump Signals He’ll Keep Hassett at NEC as Powell Probe Shadows Fed Chair Search

Backlash Grows as Trump Defends DOJ Probe Into Fed Chair Powell

Powell Secures Support After DOJ Subpoenas as CPI Points to Fed Hold

Bipartisan Backlash Builds as DOJ Opens Criminal Probe Into Fed Chair Powell

U.S. Economy Grew 4.3% in Q3, Beating Forecasts on Strong Spending and Trade

Trump Puts Warsh and Hassett at Top of Fed Chair Shortlist, Seeks Say on Rates

Bitcoin Whipsaws on Fed Cut, Holding Near $90,000 as Leverage Unwinds

Silver Hits New Record Above $60 as Fed Cut Bets Keep Gold Near $4,200

RBNZ Cuts to 2.25% in Hawkish Move, Signaling End of Easing