The president has hammered the Fed chair over the Fed’s reluctance to cede to his demand for lower interest rates, while his economic adviser Kevin Hassett conceded the renovation work could be used ...

For a moment on Wednesday, it looked like President Donald Trump would finally attempt the improbable and fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell.

The controversy over the cost of the renovations has thrust the National Capital Planning Commission, a 12-person panel that was created by Congress in 1924, into a rare political spotlight.