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Anonymous ID: c205aa July 21, 2018, 8:54 a.m. No.2231223   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>1313

Mnuchin: Trump supports Fed's independence, not trying to provide 'pressure'

 

Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin stressed his support for the Federal Reserve's "independence" from the rest of the federal government on Saturday, days after President Trump blasted the Fed during an interview for raising interest rates.

Mnuchin told reporters at a G-20 meeting of finance ministers and central bank representatives that the Trump administration "completely supports" the Fed's "independence," while declining to call Trump's comments on the bank a mistake.

"Where the Fed ends up on interest rates is one, completely up to them, and [two], is also dependent upon what happens to the economy," he said, according to CNN.

 

"There was no need for me to call him to reassure him," Mnuchin added. "He understands that the Fed is independent."

 

https://thehill.com/policy/finance/398180-mnuchin-trump-supports-feds-independence-not-trying-to-provide-pressure

Anonymous ID: c205aa July 21, 2018, 8:58 a.m. No.2231251   🗄️.is 🔗kun

Ted Cruz calls for director James Gunn to be prosecuted

 

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) on Saturday called for director James Gunn to be prosecuted over his old tweets containing offensive jokes about pedophilia and rape.

Gunn was fired from “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3" by Disney Studios after far-right activists unearthed the old comments.

Cruz, who formerly served as solicitor general of Texas, called the tweets "just horrible."

 

“Wow. These James Gunn tweets are just horrible,” Cruz tweeted. “Child rape is no laughing matter. As Texas [Solicitor General], I handled far too many child sexual assaults. Truly evil. I’m glad Disney fired him, but if these tweets are true, he needs to be prosecuted.”

 

https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/398178-cruz-im-glad-disney-fired-james-gunn-over-horrible-tweets

Anonymous ID: c205aa July 21, 2018, 10:09 a.m. No.2231782   🗄️.is 🔗kun

Kavanaugh returns questionnaire to Senate panel

 

President Trump's Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh has returned a questionnaire to the Senate Judiciary Committee, bringing him closer to a scheduled confirmation hearing.

 

Kavanaugh returned a more than 100-page questionnaire dealing with his professional background, legal career and published writings to the Judiciary Committee on Friday night, according to a release from the panel.

 

The accompanying appendices include hundreds of pages of speeches, writings and public statements that Kavanaugh has given over decades.

 

https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Brett%20M.%20Kavanaugh%20SJQ%20(PUBLIC).pdf

 

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/398183-kavanaugh-returns-questionnaire-to-senate-panel