The administration that tried to kill the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has found a new use for it: advancing its political goals.

Kevin Warsh’s push to shrink the $6.6 trillion balance sheet could raise long-term rates, creating tension with the administration over its housing agenda.

Prosecutors from U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro’s office appeared without warning at the Federal Reserve’s headquarters construction site Tuesday. They were turned away.

The admission during a closed-door hearing undercuts President Donald Trump’s claims of “criminality” in the central bank’s $2.5 billion office renovations.

Powell says he would remain as Fed chief and stay on the board — as Trump’s efforts to reshape the Fed run into legal and political roadblocks.

Under the bipartisan legislative proposal, regulators would have to seize pay from bank executives whose decisions trigger failures.

Adriana Kugler, who resigned from the Fed in August, engaged in financial transactions that violated the central bank’s rules, according to new disclosures.

For the first time in 50 years, the United States may see more immigrants leave than arrive, a reversal driven by the Trump administration’s sweeping crackdown on legal and illegal migration.