Reuters (2026-01-12). Trump-Powell conflict over US Fed escalates with threat of criminal indictment. scmp.com The Trump administration has threatened to indict Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell over Congressional testimony he gave last summer about a Fed building project, ‚Äåan action Powell called a "pretext" to gain more influence over the central bank and monetary policy. | The development in the long-simmering effort by President Donald Trump for greater control over the Fed had immediate fallout, ‚with Republican Senator Thom Tillis, a member of the Senate Banking Committee that vets Presidential…

newarab (2026-01-12). Some US senators skeptical about military options for Iran. newarab.com Some US lawmakers in both major parties on Sunday questioned whether military action against Iran is the best approach for the United States as