# The president's new power over independent agencies Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/marketplace-309699/the-president-s-new-power-over-independent-agencies Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/marketplace-309699/the-president-s-new-power-over-independent-agencies.md Podcast: [Marketplace](https://stenobird.com/podcast/marketplace-309699) Published: 2026-06-29T22:12:00+00:00 Episode link: https://www.marketplace.org/episode/2026/06/29/the-presidents-new-power-over-independent-agencies Audio file: https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/5/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/play.publicradio.org/podcast/o/marketplace/pm/2026/06/29/pm_20260629_PM_PODCAST_64.mp3?awCollectionId=mkp-MKP-PM&awEpisodeId=01KWA2DR2A5X6XT5C71MM5RXH1 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/marketplace-309699/episodes/the-president-s-new-power-over-independent-agencies Duration seconds: 1533 ## Resource The Supreme Court’s ruling Monday expanded presidential power over agencies that would traditionally be viewed as independent, with the Federal Reserve as an exception. What does that mean going forward? Also in this episode, we look at rising transportation costs, infrastructure projects, Comcast’s spinoff of NBCUniversal, and the business of estate sales in Los Angeles. Every story has an economic angle. Want some in your inbox? Subscribe to our daily or weekly newsletter. Marketplace is more than a radio show. Check out our original reporting and financial literacy content at marketplace.org — and consider making an investment in our future. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/marketplace-309699/episodes/the-president-s-new-power-over-independent-agencies/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/marketplace-309699/the-president-s-new-power-over-independent-agencies.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.