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Trump Nominates Kevin Warsh for Federal Reserve Chair to Succeed Jerome Powell

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/30/trump-nominates-kevin-warsh-for-federal-reserve-chair-to-succeed-jerome-powell.html
2•throw0101c•1h ago

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throw0101c•1h ago
Bio (he's worked in government before):

> During and in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis, Warsh acted as the central bank's primary liaison to Wall Street[5] and served as the Federal Reserve's representative to the Group of Twenty (G20) and as the Board's emissary to the emerging and advanced economies in Asia. Prior, he served as Special Assistant to the President for Economic Policy and Executive Secretary of the White House National Economic Council.

[…]

> Warsh has been reported as a leading candidate for high-ranking economic positions in the U.S. government, including Secretary of the Treasury.[9] In June 2025 Warsh was reported as a leading candidate, along with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, to be nominated to succeed Jerome Powell as Chairman of the Federal Reserve.[10] President Trump, when asked directly about Warsh's prospective nomination, said "He's very highly thought of."[11] CNBC analysed that Warsh nomination would be welcomed by markets because of his past Fed experience and Wall Street’s view that he wouldn’t always do Trump’s bidding.[4]

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Warsh

throw0101c•1h ago
Maybe worth noting that while Powell's term as FOMC chair is ending in May, he still can stay on a a board member until January 2028:

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Reserve_Board_of_Gover...

The Vitalists: hardcore longevity enthusiasts who believe death is wrong

https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/01/29/1131815/vitalism-longevity-enthusiasts-influence/
1•rbanffy•1m ago•0 comments

Zo Computer

https://www.zo.computer/
1•erhuve•1m ago•0 comments

Low-power integrated optical amplification through second-harmonic resonance

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09959-z
2•westurner•2m ago•0 comments

AI hallucinations will expose flaws in decision-making system governance

https://peter875364.substack.com/p/ai-hallucinations-will-reveal-whether
1•speckx•2m ago•0 comments

The AI Mexican Standoff

https://mleverything.substack.com/p/the-ai-mexican-standoff
1•bko•2m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Today is Friday What are you building?

1•cranberryturkey•4m ago•0 comments

A Laser Ruler for Sharper Black Hole Images

https://www.universetoday.com/articles/a-laser-ruler-for-sharper-black-hole-images
1•rbanffy•4m ago•0 comments

Softflation

1•adibalcan•4m ago•0 comments

Why was some recent news on a journalist flagged?

2•jrm4•5m ago•1 comments

Ferroelectric ultraviolet photodetector material with ultrafast response speed

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-68069-6
1•westurner•6m ago•1 comments

Show HN: Running our stack on a $25 Hetzner node with Coolify and SQLite

1•icemelt8•6m ago•1 comments

Can Morality Survive Climate Collapse?

https://nautil.us/can-morality-survive-climate-collapse-1264421/
1•rbanffy•7m ago•0 comments

Where I'm at with AI

https://paulosman.me/2026/01/18/where-im-at-with-ai/
3•crashwhip•7m ago•0 comments

Name it to tame it: Researcher discovers technique to reduce cigarette cravings

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-01-technique-cigarette-cravings.html
1•pseudolus•7m ago•0 comments

Want digital sovereignty? That'll be 1% of your GDP into AI infrastructure

https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/30/1pc_gdp_ai_gartner/
1•pseudolus•9m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Amla Sandbox – WASM bash shell sandbox for AI agents

https://github.com/amlalabs/amla-sandbox
2•souvik1997•11m ago•0 comments

Richard Feynman Side Hustles

https://twitter.com/carl_feynman/status/2016979540099420428
4•tzury•12m ago•0 comments

Engineered coatings containing cyclic peptides delay macrofouling

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167779925004925
1•PaulHoule•14m ago•0 comments

Microsoft Is More Dependent on OpenAI Than the Converse

https://www.nextplatform.com/2026/01/29/microsoft-is-more-dependent-on-openai-than-the-converse/
1•speckx•15m ago•0 comments

Bitcoin's Quantum Computing Threat

https://bmpro.substack.com/p/bitcoins-quantum-computing-threat
1•austinallegro•15m ago•0 comments

Journalist Don Lemon taken into custody after Minnesota church protest

https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/30/politics/don-lemon-custody
3•wahnfrieden•16m ago•0 comments

Show HN: ChordCraft – Browser-based chord progression sketchpad with MIDI export

https://chord.iru-yo.com/
1•obutora•17m ago•0 comments

Using the BusyBox trick to turn AI prompts into native-looking executables

https://tgalal.com/blog/genai-prompts-as-native-programs
1•tgalal•18m ago•0 comments

Show HN: I Put Mail on the Internet

https://mappymail.com
1•pruetj•18m ago•0 comments

Many of the Uber-rich pay next to no income tax (2019)

https://apnews.com/article/personal-taxes-business-ab6466a9dcc211907a753ccfb7660959
2•andsoitis•18m ago•0 comments

The Voxel Is a Cutting-Edge Theater Experiment

https://bmoreart.com/2024/09/the-voxel-is-a-cutting-edge-theater-experiment.html
1•simonw•20m ago•1 comments

Ghost in the Shell: My AI Experiment

https://charlesleifer.com/blog/ghost-in-the-shell-my-ai-experiment/
2•cleifer•21m ago•0 comments

Guys, I don't think Tim Cook knows how to monetize AI

https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/29/guys-i-dont-think-tim-cook-knows-how-to-monetize-ai/
2•speckx•22m ago•1 comments

Apple II Computer with Early Rev. 0 Board sells for $37,646

https://www.rrauction.com/auctions/lot-detail/350449307346045-apple-ii-computer-with-early-rev-0-...
1•oldnetguy•23m ago•0 comments

Trust Dancing and Distrust Wrestling: Exploring Malcolm Ocean's NNTD

https://tasshin.com/blog/nntd/
1•tasshin•24m ago•0 comments