The Senate Banking Committee voted 13–11, along party lines, on Wednesday to approve Stephan Miran’s nomination to serve on the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, teeing up a vote before the full Senate. Mr. Miran, who currently serves as chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, was nominated by President Trump to complete the remainder of an unexpired term through January. Despite telling senators he would be an independent voice at the Fed, Mr. Miran said he would remain a White

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) on Wednesday filed an amendment to a must-pass piece of legislation, seeking to force a vote to compel the Justice Department to release all files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. “There’s been so much lying, obfuscation, coverups, the American people need to see everything that’s in the Epstein files,” he told reporters off the floor. The amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), the annual defense programs and poli