Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Kristen Wright. President Trump and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell

clashed this afternoon in front of reporters over the cost of a renovation project at the Fed Building in

Washington. Trump was touring the site to see the work that's being done. He called it expensive and out

control and accused Powell of mismanaging

project costs, which have risen in recent years. At one point, the two had a tense exchange.

Trump claimed the price tag is over $3 billion. This is Powell first correcting those numbers.

You're including the Martin renovation. You just added in you just added in the third building is what that is.

That's a third building.

It's a building that's being built.

No, it's been, it was built five years ago.

We finished Martin five years ago.

It's part of the overall work.

So, uh...

Powell was saying there that the president was including the cost of a building that is not part of his renovation.

After that, Trump toned down his usual threats to fire Powell.

The Federal Reserve is expected to leave rates steady during its policy meeting next week.

The U.S. Supreme Court has extended a pause on a controversial lower court ruling that curtails the Federal Voting Rights Act.

NPR's Hansi Luong reports the new order keeps in place for now a key tool for enforcing protections against racial discrimination in elections in seven states.

Legal protections for minority voters under what's known as Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act

have been mainly enforced through lawsuits filed by private individuals and groups. And if the Supreme

Court decides to fully review this North Dakota redistricting case, it could end up blocking

private individuals and groups across the country from filing these kinds of lawsuits. For now, the Turrell Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians and the Spirit Lake Tribe

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