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The President of the United States nominates the Federal Reserve Chair and the U.S. Senate must confirm that nominee; the Chair serves a four‑year term and sits on the seven‑member Board of Governors ...
The Federal Reserve Chair is selected by the President from among sitting members of the Board of Governors and must be confirmed by the U.S. Senate; the chair serves a four‑year term . In practice th...
calendar-year (CY) 2026 print order directs to produce between 3.8 billion and 5.1 billion Federal Reserve notes for the year, a range the Board values at about $108.9 billion to $139.6 billion . Tran...
There are either 11 or 12 items commonly listed as “federal holidays” depending on the source: most authoritative federal sources track 11 statutory holidays established under 5 U.S.C. § 6103, while s...
The Federal Reserve cut its policy rate three times in 2025, bringing the target federal funds rate down to a range of 3.50%–3.75% by December 10, 2025; the FOMC described the December move as a 25-ba...
The Federal Reserve is a decentralized system made of a seven-member Board of Governors in Washington, 12 regional Reserve Banks and the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC); the Board’s seven governo...
The Smithsonian adopted a formal policy in 2022 that allows museums across the Institution to deaccession and return items when ethical concerns about acquisition arise, with significant cases escalat...
The claim "" is a broad, conspiratorial assertion that is not supported by the public structure, governance, or ownership records of the cited in mainstream reporting: the Fed is a with a presidential...
Public Law 88‑260 (Jan. 23, 1964) formally renamed the “John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts,” required that any prior statutory or administrative reference to the National Cultural Center b...
The Social Security Administration (SSA) does not ignore unauthorized workers in its actuarial calculus; it estimates their fiscal impact by modifying assumptions and projection methods to account for...
Universities, employers and professional associations have reacted on several fronts to recent reclassification moves—especially the U.S. Department of Education’s relisting of many health and social‑...
The U.S. Postal Service reported fiscal year (FY) 2025 results showing operating revenue of about $80.5 billion — a 1.2% increase year-over-year — even as it recorded a roughly $9 billion net loss and...