The chair of the Federal Reserve said that he might not leave the central bank any time soon, setting up a potential clash with President Trump.
Little by little, week after week, a subtle but significant shift is unfolding in American politics: Institutions and even a small but growing number of Republicans are standing up to President Trump . Why it matters: This is hardly COVID, where everyone seemed to resist everything — or even a return to Normal Times, when CEOs and Republicans said something when they saw something alarming. But the law of political gravity is starting to apply to Trump. Simply put, the more unpopular his policies and tactics, the easier it is for even scared Republicans to speak up and institutions to hold their ground. - To be clear, the number of House and Senate Republicans willing to cross Trump publicly remains tiny. But everywhere else,…