Overhauling the central bank’s Board of Governors would grant the president greater sway over the Federal Reserve, an institution that is supposed to be independent from the White House.
President Trump has spent months demanding that Jerome H. Powell, the Federal Reserve chair, lower interest rates. The two toured the Fed’s renovation site in July after the president accused Mr. Powell of mismanaging the project.
Former Vice President Kamala Harris’s Secret Service protection would have ended in July, but President Joseph R. Biden Jr. had signed an order extending it for another year.
The Trump administration’s campaign against wind power continued as it targeted funding for marine terminals and ports to support development of the industry.
The Secret Service usually protects a former vice president for six months after they leave office, but President Joseph R. Biden Jr. had extended Ms. Harris’s protection beyond that.
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