Kevin Warsh needs to be confirmed as Fed Chair in order to avoid an economic shutdown

Nypost · 🇮🇷 public Iran · Apr 04, 2026 · 883 words · By Charles Gasparino

Fed independence Political interference in central banking Economic policy debates

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What to know about Fed independence

Kevin Warsh would like to start as Fed chairman yesterday, but his nomination as the head of the central bank remains in limbo.

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What happened

Kevin Warsh would like to start as Fed chairman yesterday, but his nomination as the head of the central bank remains in limbo.

Why it matters

The longer it does, the more the country’s economy is at risk.

Common ground

With all that’s going on in the world, oil prices rising and inflation looming, it’s easy to forget that Warsh remains sidelined at a particularly vulnerable time for the US economy.

Perspective signals

The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Name Calling / Labeling: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

Follow-up questions

What new context would change how readers understand this Fed independence story?
What evidence would most clearly confirm or weaken the claim that Sen. Thom Tillis, a ranking Republican from North Carolina on the Banking Committee, won’t vote to move Warsh’s nomination to a full Senate vote unless the Powell probe goes away?
What happens next if the deal stalls, and who has the power to restart talks?

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Claim 1: “Sen. Thom Tillis, a ranking Republican from North Carolina on the Banking Committee, won’t vote to move Warsh’s nomination to a full Senate vote unless the Powell probe goes away.”

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Claim 2: “The Fed on top of those duties was still required to maintain price stability (i.e., low inflation), but with an additional goal of 'maximum employment.'”

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Claim 3: “DEI has since been rendered constitutionally dubious by the Supreme Court.”

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Claim 4: “The 'dual mandate' was created in the late 1970s.”

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Claim 5: “The current Fed chair, Jerome Powell, is of course a lame duck after butting heads with the president over interest rate policy”

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web search NEUTRAL — What to know: Jerome Powell faces coordinated criticism from President Trump, FHFA Director Bill Pulte and congressional allies over his monetary policy and Fed leadership.
https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2025/07/06/are-jerome-powel…

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web search NEUTRAL — July 1, 2025 Fed Chairman Jerome Powell is now a "lame duck" leader, with less than a year to go in his term - and his voice is no longer as important as the views of his potential replaceme…
https://navellier.com/7-1-25-heres-how-jerome-powell-could-t…

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web search NEUTRAL — Powell's 2025 Finale In all likelihood, Wednesday will be the final rate decision that Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell will preside over with unquestioned authority.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-12-09/powell…

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Claim 6: “Powell sharply cut interest rates in September 2024 just weeks before the presidential election that pitted Democrat Kamala Harris against Trump.”

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Claim 7: “President Trump has been doing all he can to remove Powell even before his term ends in May.”

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In November 2025, federal prosecutors in Washington, D.C., opened a criminal investigation into Jerome H. Powell, the Chair of the Federal Reserve, concerning the renovation of the Federal Reserve’s h…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_investigation_into_Jer…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Jerome Hayden "Jay" Powell (born February 4, 1953) is an American central banker who has been the 16th chair of the Federal Reserve since 2018. He was previously both a lawyer and investment banker in…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerome_Powell

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Donald J. Trump, et al. v. Lisa D. Cook is a lawsuit brought by Lisa Cook, a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, against U.S. president Donald Trump, the board, and its chairman, Jerome …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_v._Cook

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Claim 8: “Trump’s moves to oust Powell — including a DOJ investigation into his testimony over the pricy rehab of the Fed’s headquarters in DC”

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Epstein files are a partially released collection of millions of documents, images, videos, and emails detailing the activities of American financier and convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epste…
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Claim 9: “Kevin Warsh would like to start as Fed chairman yesterday, but his nomination as the head of the central bank remains in limbo.”

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System is the head of the Federal Reserve, and is the active executive officer of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. The c…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chair_of_the_Federal_Reserve

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, commonly known as the Federal Reserve Board, is the main governing body of the Federal Reserve System of the United States. It oversees the Federa…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Reserve_Board_of_Gover…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Kevin Maxwell Warsh (born April 13, 1970) is an American financier and bank executive. He served as a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors (FRB) from 2006 to 2011. During and in the after…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Warsh

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Claim 10: “The Fed was created in 1913 with the Federal Reserve Act.”

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Claim 11: “Trump issued an executive order ending DEI and ESG practices in government.”

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