Live from NPR News in Washington, on Corva Coleman, President Trump sparred with Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell yesterday during his visit to the central bank.

As MPR's Rafael NAM reports, Trump was there to inspect a renovation project that he's been criticizing.

It was already an unusual visit. Presidents don't normally visit the Fed, which strongly protects its independence,

but Trump has been very critical of the Fed, saying it's being too slow to cut interest rates.

And then Trump tussled with Powell about the final cost of the Fed's renovations, which are projected

to hit $2.5 billion. We're taking a look, and it looks like it's about $3.1 billion, one up a little bit, or a lot.

Powell shook his head in disagreement.

I haven't heard that from anybody to the Fed.

Powell took a look at the paper and pointed out that President Trump was citing a number

that included a building built five years ago.

After that, Trump was more conciliatory, avoiding repeating his attacks against Powell as they

walked away. Rafael Numb, NPR News.

Deputy U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche will return for a second day today to question

the former girlfriend of late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

The deputy attorney general spoke with Gieland Maxwell in Florida.

She's imprisoned there for helping Epstein sexually exploit girls.

Maxwell's lawyer used David Marcus.

We're not going to comment on the substance, but there were a lot of questions, and we went all day, and she answered every one of them.

She never just said, I'm not going to answer, never declined.

The Deputy U.S. Attorney General arranged the meeting with Maxwell.

The Trump administration is trying to quiet anger from Trump supporters who are demanding more information about the Epstein files. A House

Republican leader has also subpoenaed Gulen Maxwell to testify to Congress. Homicide and

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