Senator Tillis announces support for Kevin Warsh's confirmation as Fed chair after DOJ assurances
Senator Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), a member of the Senate Banking Committee, said he will support Kevin Warsh's nomination to be Federal Reserve chair. Tillis stated he received assurances from the Department of Justice that the criminal investigation into current Fed chair Jerome Powell and the Fed's Washington D.C. renovations is closed. Tillis's support is significant given his position on the Senate Banking Committee.
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8 outlets covered it, splitting into 3 framing camps across 3 bias groups.
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Mother Jones
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Widest split · the two outlets furthest apart, and who published first
Furthest apart on this story
Mother Jones
A Senator Takes The Justice Department at Its Word. What Could Go Wrong?
skeptical of DOJ credibility
Breitbart
Senate Banking Committee to Vote on Kevin Warsh Fed Nomination
neutral
First to report
- Reutersfirst
- The Hill+42 min
- Breitbart+1.2 h
- Mother Jones+2.3 h
- Washington Examiner+5.4 h
- Washington Post+7.5 h
- CNN+71.0 h
- PBS NewsHour+71.1 h
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The split, in one line
Mainstream outlets treat Tillis's deal as straightforward news, but Mother Jones frames it as naïve trust in DOJ assurances, questioning what could go wrong when a senator takes the Justice Department at its word to advance Warsh's confirmation.
How each outlet covered it
Lightly covered so far
Too few outlets to map a left-right split. Here is each take as it stands.
Sparse coverage · 3 outlets
“Tillis says he will support Warsh's Fed confirmation after 'assurances' from DOJ”
“US Senator Tillis says he's ready to advance confirmation of Warsh as Fed chair”
“A Senator Takes The Justice Department at Its Word. What Could Go Wrong?”
7 tracked claims across 8 outlets
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The DOJ investigation into Powell is definitively closed.
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