Watch Fed Chair Powell testify live on interest rate policy before House committee

[The stream is slated to start at 10a.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell delivers his semiannual monetary policy testimony to congressional leaders, starting Tuesday with an appearance before the House Financial Services Committee. In prepared remarks, Powell noted the…

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Supreme Court limits judges’ power to halt Trump’s birthright citizenship order

The Supreme Court on Friday limited federal judges from issuing universal injunctions, which had been used to block President Donald Trump from implementing his executive order ending birthright citizenship. The 6-3 decision, which divided the conservative-majority court along ideological lines, clears the way for the Trump administration to push forward with its efforts to unilaterally upend longstanding U.S. citizenship rules and…

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