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Senate Confirms Warsh as Federal Reserve Chair in Divisive Vote

The Senate confirmed Kevin Warsh as Federal Reserve chair in the most divisive confirmation vote in the central bank's history. The 56-year-old economist secured approval on largely party-line voting. Warsh will lead the Fed as it navigates competing pressures from elevated inflation and calls for rate cuts. He has previously signaled openness to lowering borrowing costs, a position that complicates the Fed's inflation-fighting mandate. Price pressures persist as the central bank faces these competing demands. The confirmation marks a shift in Fed leadership after Jerome Powell's tenure. It underscores deepening partisan divisions over central bank governance.