President Donald Trump has repeatedly mused about firing Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and, ahead of a visit to the U.S. central bank's headquarters on Thursday, called him a "numbskull" for not cutting U.

The president turned a rare visit to the U.S. central bank into political theater that included hard hats and a back slap.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it will allow President Trump to fire three members of the independent Consumer Product Safety Commission​.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he would not fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, though he told reporters following a visit to the U.S. central bank's headquarters that he still wanted lower interest rates.

US President Donald Trump and Fed Chair Jerome Powell clashed publicly during a rare presidential visit to the Federal Reserve’s headquarters in Washington. Trump claimed renovation costs had surged past 3 billion dollars,

John Brennan, former CIA director, faces allegations of distorting intelligence regarding Russian interference in the 2016 election to harm Donald Tru

A judge had reinstated three members of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, a federal agency set up by Congress to be independent of political pressure.

President Donald Trump has escalated his pressure campaign against Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, leaving the door open to ousting him for “fraud,” he said last week. That raises questions about what would happen if Trump actually tires to fire the central bank leader.

President Trump and Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell made an awkward pair Thursday as they toured a grossly over-budget renovation of the central bank’s headquarters near the White House — with Trump initally hinting he might fire Powell before saying later he would not.

The derailing of talks to solve the 21-month Israel-Hamas war is the latest blow to Trump as several of his efforts to broker agreements for fraught conflicts and complex global threats have stalled.