Senate confirms Trump pick Kevin Warsh as Federal Reserve chair
Key takeaways
- The US Senate on Wednesday confirmed Kevin Warsh – Trump's top pick – as the new Federal Reserve chair in the most partisan vote ever for the role.
- The vote was 54-45 in the most-partisan-ever US Senate confirmation of a Fed chair.
- A single Democrat, John Fetterman of Pennsylvania, voted with the Republican majority.
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The US Senate on Wednesday confirmed Kevin Warsh – Trump's top pick – as the new Federal Reserve chair in the most partisan vote ever for the role. Warsh takes over as policymakers warn persistent price pressures could complicate President Donald Trump’s push for lower borrowing costs.
By: FRANCE 24 Kevin Warsh, US President Donald Trump's nominee to be next chair of the Federal Reserve, testifies before a Senate Banking Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., US on April 21, 2026. © Kevin Lamarque, Reuters The US Senate on Wednesday approved Kevin Warsh as chair of the Federal Reserve, putting the 56-year-old lawyer and financier at the helm as the US central bank grapples with intensifying inflation that may make it hard to push through the interest-rate cuts that President Donald Trump has demanded.
The vote was 54-45 in the most-partisan-ever US Senate confirmation of a Fed chair.