White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett on Friday said President Donald Trump and his team were continuing to study if they could fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, a sign that such a move,

The Sidebar panel discusses if it is actually possible for President Donald Trump to fire Fed chair Jerome Powell.

President Donald Trump’s call for the “termination” of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell landed Thursday as the Supreme Court is weighing a fast-moving appeal over two independent agencies that has increasingly become a proxy battle for control of the nation’s powerful central bank.