What Happened Today – May 3, 2026

Donald Trump’s prosecutor Jeanine Pirro told the country today she’ll appeal the ruling that called her Powell investigation a pressure campaign.

Jerome Powell leads the Federal Reserve, the agency that sets the country’s interest rates. Trump has spent a year demanding lower rates, and Pirro opened a criminal probe into Powell in January over construction costs on the Fed’s new headquarters. A federal judge ruled in April that the investigation was a pressure campaign to force Powell to drop rates or quit. Pirro went on television Sunday and said she’s not done.

Powell’s term as Fed Chair ends in twelve days. The Senate is about to confirm Trump’s pick Kevin Warsh to replace him. Powell will stay on the Fed as a regular governor, and Pirro’s appeal keeps the criminal case against him alive. Call your senators via Resistbot and 5 Calls and tell them to vote no on Warsh until the Justice Department drops the case against Powell for good.

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