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  "id": 11051375,
  "title": "News Wrap: Watchdog finds no criminal activity by Powell related to Fed renovation",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/news-wrap-watchdog-finds-no-criminal-activity-by-powell-related-to",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-30T22:45:55.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "PBS NewsHour",
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    "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/news-wrap-watchdog-finds-no-criminal-activity-by-powell-related-to-fed-renovation"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "In our news wrap Wednesday, the Federal Reserve's Inspector General found no criminal activity by former Chair Jerome Powell related to the renovation of the central bank's headquarters, Pete Hegseth announced that the Pentagon will cut the number of its generals and admirals by roughly 20% and Ukraine officials say Russian strikes killed at least seven people, including a child.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Financial Times",
        "title": "Fed watchdog finds ‘deficiencies’ but no criminal wrongdoing in $2.5bn renovation",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/fed-watchdog-finds-deficiencies-but-no-criminal-wrongdoing-in-2-5bn",
        "published": "2026-09-30T17:00:09.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CBS News",
        "title": "Fed watchdog finds no laws broken in $2.5 billion Fed renovation",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/fed-watchdog-finds-no-laws-broken-in-2-5-billion-fed-renovation",
        "published": "2026-09-30T17:00:29.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Investing.com",
        "title": "Watchdog finds deficiencies but no Fed misconduct in Powell-era renovation project",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/watchdog-finds-deficiencies-but-no-fed-misconduct-in-powell-era",
        "published": "2026-09-30T17:07:36.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CNBC",
        "title": "Fed watchdog finds renovation failures, but no grounds for criminal referral",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/fed-watchdog-finds-renovation-failures-but-no-grounds-for-criminal",
        "published": "2026-09-30T17:10:03.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Hill",
        "title": "Fed watchdog finds no criminality in renovation probe",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/fed-watchdog-finds-no-criminality-in-renovation-probe",
        "published": "2026-09-30T17:38:28.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Quartz",
        "title": "Fed watchdog found no crimes in $2 billion headquarters renovation cost overruns",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/fed-watchdog-found-no-crimes-in-2-billion-headquarters-renovation",
        "published": "2026-09-30T17:50:32.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Axios",
        "title": "Fed watchdog clears former chair Powell in renovation probe",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/fed-watchdog-clears-former-chair-powell-in-renovation-probe",
        "published": "2026-09-30T18:13:46.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "US Fed watchdog finds no criminal wrongdoing in Powell-era renovation costs",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/us-fed-watchdog-finds-no-criminal-wrongdoing-in-powell-era-renovation",
        "published": "2026-09-30T19:00:11.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Hindustan Times - World News",
        "title": "Watchdog clears former US Fed chief Powell in renovation probe",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/watchdog-clears-former-us-fed-chief-powell-in-renovation-probe",
        "published": "2026-09-30T20:35:39.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}