The Senate has confirmed Kevin Warsh to the Federal Reserve's Board of Governors, a crucial step in President Trump's push to make Warsh the central bank's leader, replacing Jerome Powell.

The upper chamber voted to approve Warsh's nomination by a 51-45 vote, on a mostly party-line basis.

The U.S. Senate on Wednesday confirmed Kevin Warsh to lead the Federal Reserve. President Trump had picked the former Fed governor to replace Jerome Powell, believing that Warsh can deliver the ...

FILE PHOTO: Kevin Warsh, U.S. President Donald Trump's nominee to be next chair of the Federal Reserve, attends a Senate Banking Committee confirmation hearing to testify, on Capitol Hill in ...

His nomination to be the central bank’s leader for a four-year term requires a separate Senate vote, which is expected as soon as Wednesday.

The Senate confirmed former finance executive and former Federal Reserve Governor Kevin Warsh as the U.S. central bank’s new chair May 13.

The U.S. Senate confirmed Kevin Warsh as chair of the Federal Reserve on Wednesday, elevating the 56-year-old lawyer and financier to the chairmanship just as the central bank grapples with rising ...

The Senate voted to confirm Kevin Warsh as chairman of the Federal Reserve, marking a victory for President Trump.

After what may go down as the most controversy-laden confirmation process in Federal Reserve Bank history, conservative economist Kevin ...

The Senate confirmed President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Federal Reserve, Kevin Warsh, bringing new leadership to the world's most powerful central bank at a fraught moment for the global ...

NEW YORK -- The US Senate on Wednesday confirmed Kevin Warsh's nomination as the next chair of the Board of Governors of the ...

In the most divisive vote ever for a Fed chair, Warsh, 56, won confirmation to take over for Jerome Powell.