Activists call for a nationwide ‘blackout’ to protest against Trump’s violent immigration crackdown – US politics live

Organizers say the demonstration is part of a growing non-violent movement

Donald Trump has nominated the former Federal Reserve governor Kevin Warsh as its next chair amid an extraordinary attempt by the president to tighten his grip on the US central bank and flout its longstanding independence.

Trump told reporters on Thursday that he planned to announce his choice for chair of the Federal Reserve on Friday morning, hinting that “a lot of people think that this is somebody that could have been there a few years ago”. He then announced early Friday, as teased, and it was indeed Warsh.

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