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Fed Defies Trump, Holds Rates Amid Powell Probe

The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady, resisting White House pressure to cut them. Chair Jerome Powell faces a criminal investigation over renovation testimony, which he calls a pretext for political intimidation over monetary policy.