Skip to main content
2 min read
◆ Mixed look for TillisCongress / MembersEconomy

US Senator Tillis says he's ready to advance confirmation of Warsh as Fed chair

Tillis said he would let Warsh’s confirmation move forward after the Justice Department ended its investigation into Powell.

US Senator Tillis says he's ready to advance confirmation of Warsh as Fed chair
Image · New York Post

SOURCE CHECK

TAP FOR WHY
Host credibilityNew York Post65/100 MEDIUM
This article1 analysis · Oct 7, 2026

Credibility rates New York Post, which republished this story. The other scores rate the article itself.

Republished with credit

Republished from Reuters, with credit to the original publisher.

Reuters95/100 HIGH

100 stories · 94.8–95.3 · updated Oct 11, 2026

This is Reuters's own score, and this article is credited to Reuters. The host score in the Source Check is New York Post's.

New York Postvia Reuters
Apr 26, 2026
tl;dr

Sen. Thom Tillis said he is prepared to let Kevin Warsh’s Senate confirmation as Federal Reserve chair move forward after the Justice Department ended its investigation into Jerome Powell. Tillis’s support gives Republicans on the Senate Banking Committee enough votes to advance Warsh’s nomination.

Community verdict

9 VOTES
How does this story look for
Thom Tillis R · NC · SEN

Counts every outlet’s report of this story. See all 20

● OPEN
  • Readers of left-leaning coverage: not enough votes yet
  • Readers of right-leaning coverage: 57% good look
Votes cast on this page

Votes cast on this page: ▲ 0 · ◆ 0 · ▼ 0

People in this story

SWIPE →
Thom Tillis
R · NC · SEN

North Carolina senator who said he was ready to advance Kevin Warsh’s confirmation

PRIMARY SUBJECT
Kevin Warsh
Chair of the Federal Reserve

Federal Reserve chair nominee whose confirmation Tillis is prepared to advance

Warsh's version of this story ↗
Donald Trump
R · President of the United States

President whose administration Powell said was seeking to pressure the Federal Reserve

Federal Reserve chair whose management of building renovations was investigated by the Justice Department

ALSO MENTIONED  Jeanine Pirro, U.S. attorney who said she would end the investigation and ask the Federal Reserve inspector general to take over

Part of a bigger story

18 OUTLETS
Tillis Backs Kevin Warsh’s Fed Chair Nomination After Powell Inquiry Ends

Outlets agree that Tillis said he would let Kevin Warsh’s nomination for Federal Reserve chair move forward after the Justice Department ended its investigation of Jerome Powell. Center outlets mainly treat Tillis’s move as a response to the inquiry’s end and explain how it advances Warsh’s confirmation. Right-leaning outlets also describe the move as clearing a path for Warsh, with some casting Tillis’s shift as delayed or a retreat.

Discussion · 0

What's your take?

Loading comments…