The White House has accused Powell of allowing the project's cost to rise to $2.5 billion, several hundred million dollars more than the previously projected $2.1 billion.

President Donald Trump wants Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell to consider the cost of the government’s ballooning debt service payments when the central bank meets later this month.

The New York Times likewise wrote that “legal experts widely agreed that Mr. Trump could not outright fire Mr. Powell before the end of his term simply because of a disagreement over decisions relate...