By Neil Roland ( August 20, 2026, 21:27 GMT | Insight) -- US Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh was asked by four Senate Democrats to disclose his “unprecedented” reported conversations with President Trump, saying his refusal to discuss the talks jeopardizes the Fed’s perceived independence from the White House. Calls from Trump were reported this month by the Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg News. The senators, led by Elizabeth Warren, the top Democrat on the Senate Banking Committee, said: “The repeated, free-flowing conversations described in the reporting are unprecedented in the modern era."US Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh was asked by four Senate Democrats to disclose his “unprecedented” reported conversations with President Trump, saying his refusal to discuss the talks jeopardizes the Fed’s perceived independence from the White House....
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