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Trump tells Fed’s Lisa Cook she’s fired; she says ‘he has no authority to do so’

President Donald Trump on Monday said he had fired Federal Reserve Board Governor Lisa Cook, an unprecedented and dramatic ...

Justice Department signals probe of Fed Governor Lisa Cook, as housing official says a third property is now under scrutiny

A Justice Department official is set to probe Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook after she was accused by a member of ...

Trump Vows To Take Unprecedented Step If Embattled Fed Governor Doesn’t Resign

Cook, the first Black woman on the Federal Reserve’s board of governors, has said she has "no intention of being bullied to ...

A Protester Confronts Fed's Cook

A lone protester interrupted the serene morning at Jackson Lake Lodge as Fed governor Lisa Cook tried to slip into the Kansas ...

‘Uncharted Waters’: Trump’s Attempt to Take Charge of the Fed

The president’s intention to fire Fed governor Lisa Cook could give him sway over the central bank’s rate-setting power.

Trump just took extraordinary action against the Fed. He may not go all the way

President Donald Trump just fired a top policymaker at the Federal Reserve, but it wasn’t Chair Jerome Powell. That itself shows the president has conceded there’s a limit to his attacks on the ...