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On Politics: Trump’s Fed Tirade Could Have Lasting Consequences

Good Friday morning. Here are some of the stories making news in Washington and politics today.

In response to falling stock prices, President Trump declared that the Federal Reserve “has gone crazy” and “is going wild.” While markets are largely unaffected by the attacks, experts warn that a continued assault on the Fed could have long-lasting consequences. Read the story.

Scrambling to protect their House majority ahead of the midterms, Republicans are abandoning weaker candidates and building a firewall around races they deem winnable. Read the story.

“We don’t like it,” Mr. Trump said in an interview with Fox & Friends of the suspicion that Jamal Khashoggi, a Saudi journalist, was lured to a Saudi Consulate in Turkey and killed. “I don’t like it. No good.” But he added that relations with the kingdom were “excellent.”

United States lobbyists, financiers, high-tech executives and media figures are confronting the risk of doing business with Saudi Arabia over the allegations that its agents killed Mr. Khashoggi. Read the story.

Prices for the most popular type of health insurance under the Affordable Care Act will drop slightly next year in the federal marketplace, after several years of rapid increases.

More than 50,000 Georgia voter registrations were placed on a “pending” list ahead of the state’s election for governor. The Republican nominee, who is also the secretary of state, has denied accusations of intentional voter suppression.

“Our trauma is a talking point for their gubernatorial aspirations,” said Nayyirah Shariff, one of the many Flint, Mich., residents still contending with extreme daily challenges as the race for governor nears its end. Read the story.

Dissatisfaction with the president among Nevada voters has not had the ripple effect Democrats hoped for in a highly competitive Senate race, according to a New York Times/Siena College poll. Read the story.

Sheldon and Miriam Adelson, the Las Vegas Republicans with a large casino fortune, delivered last-minute donations of at least $25 million to help Republicans remain in control in Washington.

“They won’t do it without our approval,” Mr. Trump said on Wednesday about South Korea’s suggestion that it might ease some sanctions against North Korea. On Thursday, South Korea disavowed any plan to remove them.

The White House put new restrictions on nuclear technology exports to China that officials claimed were being diverted to power Chinese submarines, aircraft carriers and floating nuclear power plants. Read the story.

Ahead of another round of sanctions on Iran, the Trump administration warned the world’s banks that Tehran might try to use duplicitous means to duck the sanctions and continue to fund terrorism.

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Today’s On Politics briefing was compiled by Margaret Kramer in New York.

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