President Donald Trump reiterated Thursday he did not plan to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, days after saying he would “soon” pick his nominee to lead the central bank next.

After decades of enmity and conflict by proxy, it is the first time the arch-enemies have traded fire with such intensity, triggering fears of a prolonged conflict that could engulf the Middle East.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said he would not fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, adding that he "may have to force something" as part of his ongoing push for the central bank to lower rates.

Several Angelenos talked to Rolling Stone to dispel Trump's bluster about the recent protests against ICE and his militarized crackdown

Kim Sajet’s resignation comes days after the Smithsonian said it would review content across its museums, which the White House has slammed as being influenced by “divisive, race-centered ideology.”

Dana Bash criticized Trump's National Guard deployment to Los Angeles and compared him to an arsonist while California officials blamed him for escalating tensions.

The director of the Smithsonian Institute’s National Portrait Gallery stepped down after the organization rebuffed President Donald Trump’s attempts to fire her. Kim Sajet shared her departure in a statement emailed to staff by Smithsonian chief Lonnie Bunch,

The Board of Regents publicly backed Smithsonian leader Lonnie G. Bunch III and called for nonpartisanship after Trump attempted to fire a museum director.