President Donald Trump says he has no plans to fireplace Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. Days in the past, he prompt in any other case, resulting in a inventory market selloff. The President additionally indicated tariffs on items from China would “come down considerably” and that he would not play “hardball” with China over commerce.
Houston Issues host Craig Cohen discusses these and different developments in native, state, and nationwide politics with the help of the co-hosts of Party Politics, Brandon Rottinghaus and Jeronimo Cortina of the College of Houston.
Among the many different matters mentioned:
- The White Home doing harm management amid the information of a second leak by Secretary of Protection Pete Hegseth on the Sign app
- The selection of the next Pope and whether or not what he would possibly say about points like immigration and refugees would possibly have an effect on politics
- Texas Lt. Governor Dan Patrick recommending the Texas Senate undertake the Home’s faculty voucher plan and forgo a negotiation between the 2 chambers
- Some Democrats taking issue with Mayor John Whitmire being a particular visitor at a Dan Crenshaw fundraising occasion
- Mayor Whitmire weighing into the bond reform debate incorrectly inflating what number of murderers had been out on bond in Houston
