President Donald Trump’s White House is frantically trying to put out the blaze sparked by its own promises to expose whatever the federal government is hiding about disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. A Wall Street Journal bombshell has only flared up the rage, increasing the likelihood that this fire will keep burning all summer.

A firing of Jerome Powell by President Trump would likely open up a legal war never before seen in the US, without any guarantee of a courtroom victory for the White House.

He—the president, their leader, the martyr who had endured scandals and prosecution and an assassin’s bullet on their behalf—had repeatedly told them it was time to move on, and that alone should suffice. Why, he groused, would the White House add fuel to the fire, would it play into the media’s narrative?

Parts of the Jacob Lake area are under GO evacuation orders, and the North Rim of the Grand Canyon is also evacuating. The fire has grown to nearly 60,000 acres.

A Supreme Court ruling last week means planned reductions in force can continue, but unions and other groups will battle the administration at each step.

Rep. French Hill (R-Ark.), the chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, said on Thursday that he does not “believe” that President Trump can fire Federal Reserve Chair

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt declined to comment on the DOJ's sudden firing of federal prosecutor Maurene Comey, who handled major cases involving Jeffrey Epstein and Sean Combs. Comey issued a strong statement warning against fear-based governance.

A wildfire that has scorched more than 19,000 acres has forced visitors, employees and residents of the Grand Canyon North Rim to evacuate.