Thom Tillis, Jerome Powell and United States Senate
Digest more
Sen. Thom Tillis said he'd oppose any nominees for the Federal Reserve due to the administration's criminal investigation of Fed Chair Jerome Powell.
Thom Tillis, who is retiring at the end of his term, slammed the Justice Department in a scathing statement on Sunday.
Republican Sen. Thom Tillis (N.C.), a senior member of the Senate Banking Committee, is questioning the “credibility” of the Department of Justice’s investigation of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome
Three Republican senators offered a rare rebuke of the Trump administration’s tactics, criticizing an investigation of the Federal Reserve chair.
Republican North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis is vowing to block all of President Donald Trump’s future appointees to the Federal
Sen. Thom Tillis called White House aide Stephen Miller’s behavior “amateurish” after a CNN interview contending Greenland should be part of the United States.
N.C., made clear that the holds were not about the ICE-related shooting in Minnesota, but instead over two ignored invitations for the head of DHS to appear before the Senate.
Tillis, who is not running for another term, called comments made by Deputy White House Chief of Staff Stephen Miller “insane” and “amateur hour.” In an interview, Miller said “the formal position of the US government” is that Greenland should be part of the United States.
Trump has spent months repeatedly attacking Powell as “stupid,” a “dummy,” and a “knucklehead” for refusing to slash interest rates as quickly as the president would like, while suggesting the nonpartisan central bank is biased against him. Trump has also threatened to r emove Powell as Fed chair before his term ends in May.