PRESS DIGEST-Wall Street Journal - January 21

Jan 21 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories in the Wall Street Journal. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

- Two Democratic ?senators demanded records from Trump administration officials related to the Justice ?Department's criminal probe of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome ?Powell, calling the investigation a serious misuse ?of power.

- ?U.S. President Donald Trump is pressing advisers for what he calls "decisive" ?military options against Iran ?even after pulling back from strikes last week, as the U.S. sends an aircraft carrier ?and fighter jets to ?the ?Middle East.

- Amazon (AMZN) is planning to open its largest-ever retail store, proposing a new big-box location ?in the Chicago suburb of Orland Park that will be larger than a typical Walmart and combine grocery sales with on-site fulfillment.

- Lindsey Halligan, a former Trump aide who led short-lived criminal ?cases ?against ex-FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, is stepping down ?from her U.S. Justice Department role.

- Trump issued an executive order directing federal agencies to curb support for institutional investors buying single-family homes, intensifying his push to limit Wall Street's role in the U.S. housing market.

- U.S. Treasury ?Secretary Scott Bessent said he was not concerned about the recent selloff in U.S. government bonds, attributing the rise in yields ?to moves in Japanese bond markets.

(Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom)