GOP angst grows over Powell investigation  —  A growing number of Republicans on Capitol Hill are expressing unease with the Justice Department's move to investigate Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, a sign that the probe could become a major inflection point over GOP lawmakers' concerns about central bank independence.

Scoop: Bessent told Trump that investigation of Fed chair creates a “mess”  —  A perturbed Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told President Trump late Sunday that the federal investigation into the Federal Reserve chair “made a mess” and could be bad for financial markets, two sources familiar with the call told Axios.

The extraordinary criminal inquiry of a Fed chair, explained  —  Legal experts warn the Trump administration's probe of Jerome Powell threatens the rule of law, and economists warn it threatens the stability of the U.S. economy.  —  Just now  —  President Donald Trump's Justice Department …

Fed Changes Course and Takes On Trump's Political Fight  —  The Justice Department's decision to open up a criminal investigation of Jerome H. Powell, the chair of the Federal Reserve, is a major escalation in the pressure campaign against the central bank to cut interest rates.

Republican lawmakers speak out against the Justice Department's Federal Reserve investigation  —  Sen. Lisa Murkowski said that the investigation is “nothing more than an attempt at coercion” while Rep. French Hill warned that the probe would create “an unnecessary distraction.”

Take the Masks Off  —  For his entire second term, Donald Trump has been grousing about Fed Chair Jerome Powell's resistance to cutting interest rates, but he has always stopped short of actually trying to run Powell out of office—until now.  On Sunday, the Federal Reserve released a direct-to-camera video from Powell.

Trump appalls with attack on Civil Rights Act: ‘White people very badly treated’  —  Critics pounced on President Donald Trump Monday after he complained to the New York Times that the Civil Rights Act - the landmark 1964 legislation that outlawed racial discrimination - was “unfair in certain cases” …