In an unprecedented act that could reasonably portend the end of functional checks and balances in the federal government, on ...

The Supreme Court on Friday dashed President Donald Trump’s plan to immediately fire the head of an independent agency that ...

The executive order is particularly challenging for the central bank because its insulation from short-term politics helps give it credibility in financial markets.

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is the latest federal banking agency to let go of probationary employees.

The Fed board, he said, should resist initiatives that impede effective supervision by discouraging examiners to flag issues ...

The order requires “so-called independent regulatory agencies” to align their proposed regulations, legal interpretations, expenditures, ...

Billionaire Elon Musk once again suggested that the Federal Reserve should undergo closer scrutiny, saying Thursday at a ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A month into President Donald Trump ‘s second term, lawyers for the Republican administration seem intent ...

His bold order putting ‘independent agencies’ under White House control echoes the Founders.

Michael Barr defended the Federal Reserve’s independence and oversight role Thursday, two days after the White House issued an executive order that could exert greater control over the central bank’s ...

A directive calling for oversight over the central bank’s regulatory and supervisory responsibilities has set off alarm.

White House seeks sway over FCC, FEC, FTC and some Fed operations. Politics professor Sarah Binder says it "grabs power from ...