On the search for the next Fed Chairman there is no frontrunner; Treasury Secretary says he has not yet finished the interviews

*KEVIN HASSETT SEEN AS FRONTRUNNER IN TRUMP FED CHAIR SEARCH WH Sr. Adviser Hassett emerges as the top pick as the Fed Chair search nears its end - People Familiar.

A U.S. official told ABC News on Tuesday that a Ukrainian delegation has agreed with the United States on the terms of a potential peace deal. United States Army Secretary Dan Driscoll held secret talks on Monday with a Russian delegation in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates to follow up on this weekend’s talks with Ukraine in Geneva that were intended to move the Ukraine peace process forward, a U.S. official told ABC News. "The Ukrainians have agreed to the peace deal," the U.S. official said. "There are some minor details to be sorted out but they have agreed to a peace deal." The previously undisclosed talks with the Russian delegation on Monday follow the talks held in Geneva this past weekend between the U.S. and Ukraine and are the latest indication that the new U.S. initiative to restart the peace process in Ukraine is moving forward. 19-POINT UKRAINE PLAN NO LONGER CONTAINS AMNESTY POINT: ABC NEWS

BESSENT: VERY GOOD CHANCE TRUMP WILL ANNOUNCE FED CHAIR BEFORE CHRISTMAS -CNBC *BESSENT: TRUMP WAS JOKING WHEN HE SAID HE MIGHT FIRE ME ON FED BESSENT SAYS FED SHOULD MOVE BACK INTO THE BACKGROUND LIKE OLD DAYS US Treasury Secretary Bessent: The 'Ample reserves regime' might be fraying - CNBC. Bessent says there’s a ‘very good chance’ Trump names new Fed chair before Christmas Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Tuesday he expects President Donald Trump to make a decision on the new Federal Reserve chair by the holiday season. In a CNBC interview, Bessent, who has been heading the search for a successor to current Chair Jerome Powell, said he still has one interview to go and was not ready to speculate on who might get the job. “I think there’s a very good chance that the president will make an announcement before Christmas,” he said. “But it’s his prerogative, whether It’s the before the Christmas holidays or in the new year. But I think things are moving along very well.”