White House Karine Jean-Pierre on college campus chaos: Americans have a right to peaceful protest but 'forcibly taking over a building is not peaceful.'

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned that threats to America’s democratic institutions would undermine economic growth and financial stability in the US and around the world trib.al/nJEBUvD

Yellen defends Fed independence as Trump allies push plans for more control ow.ly/6Tge105rpUf

Yellen to warn that eroding US democracy, Fed, threatens economic growth reut.rs/3wglHF9

'Trump and his leading economic advisers claimed that the benefits of the bill would trickle down, resulting in substantial gains for U.S. workers and their families .... Instead, the law provided the largest tax cuts to the wealthy and profitable corporations.'

cc: American Progress

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“Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will use a speech to the McCain Institute in Arizona on Friday to deliver a clear warning about the economic dangers presented by Jan. 6-style attacks on American institutions.” axios.com/2024/05/01/yel…

NEW: Secretary Janet Yellen will visit the American Jobs Center in Arizona this weekend to highlight how the Biden Administration is supporting innovative programs to train workers for jobs in advanced manufacturing.

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New on ⁦Secretary Janet Yellen⁩’s Friday remarks in Arizona >>>

“Yellen will use a speech to the McCain Institute in Arizona on Friday to deliver a clear warning about the economic dangers presented by Jan. 6-style attacks on American institutions.” axios.com/2024/05/01/yel…

Scoop: Yellen's urgent warning on threats to U.S. democracy trib.al/YuntZrq

Yellen, at Ways and Means, says the Trump tax cuts were a dud: 'It promised an investment boom and that certainly never materialized.'

On the strength of the economy after it passed she said: 'I don't believe it did well because of that piece of legislation.'

Yellen at Ways and Means hearing says higher tariffs on Chinese steel is 'appropriate,' noting: 'Our firms are cleaner and China in steel suffers from tremendous overcapacity.'

YELLEN: BIDEN HAS BEEN CLEAR THAT ANYONE UNDER $400000 WILL NOT FACE TAX INCREASES

NEW: White House statement via
Andrew Bates on Columbia University U students taking over a building:

“President Biden has stood against repugnant, Antisemitic smears and violent rhetoric his entire life. He condemns the use of the term “intifada,” as he has the other tragic and…

Yesterday, four brave law enforcement officers – including a Deputy U.S. Marshal – were killed in Charlotte, North Carolina in the line of duty. They are heroes who made the ultimate sacrifice, rushing into harm’s way to protect us. 
 
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WATCH: US economic growth for the first quarter could be revised higher and inflation will ease to more normal levels, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told Reuters reut.rs/3Ue3xvF

Via ⁦CNN⁩:

“The US economy is “firing on all cylinders” and inflation is on a path toward a more normal level, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Thursday in an interview with Reuters.” cnn.com/2024/04/25/eco…

Via ⁦Reuters⁩:

“Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Thursday that the U.S. economy 'continues to perform very, very well' and that she still sees inflation falling back to more normal levels.” finance.yahoo.com/news/yellen-sa…

US TREASURY SECRETARY YELLEN: I STILL SEE, IN UNDERLYING CORE DRIVERS OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, CONSIDERABLE STRENGTH.

US TREASURY SECRETARY YELLEN: WE'RE ON A DOWNWARD PATH FOR INFLATION.

US TREASURY SECRETARY YELLEN: THE US ECONOMY CONTINUES TO PERFORM VERY WELL.