It’s easy enough to decry Donald Trump’s attempted takeover of the Federal Reserve as yet another swerve toward authoritarianism. He is breaking with decades of precedent and allegedly the law to ...

President Donald Trump continues his mission to control all agencies, independent or otherwise. In a move sparking outrage, Trump fired Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook late Monday. Cook, the first ...

Note: Powell was appointed as governor by Obama and nominated as chair by Trump. When President Trump took office in 2025, just two of the seven seats on the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors were ...

Joe Walsh is a senior editor for digital politics at CBS News. Joe previously covered breaking news for Forbes and local news in Boston. Washington — President Trump said Monday he has fired Lisa Cook ...

Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook intends to file a lawsuit after President Trump said she should be immediately removed from her position. As soon as today, an attorney for Lisa Cook plans to file a ...

President Trump is trying to remove Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, accusing her of mortgage fraud, while Cook fights back with a lawsuit challenging the president's authority. President Trump is ...

President Trump is pushing the limits of his executive authority, threatening to ramp up his deployment of the military in Democratic-run cities. NBC News White House Correspondent Yamiche Alcindor, ...

President Trump on Monday doubled down on his pressure campaign against Federal Reserve board of governors member Lisa Cook, urging her to resign or be fired following allegations of mortgage fraud.

Top Democrats pounced on President Trump Monday after he moved to fire Federal Reserve board of governors member Lisa Cook over mortgage fraud allegations. Cook, who was appointed by former President ...

Robert Charles Alexander is the Senior Crime and Court Reporter for Newsweek based in London. He formerly worked as a Political Correspondent for the Local Democracy Service of the BBC, and is a ...

Aug. 26 (UPI) --President Donald Trump on Monday fired Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook as he continues to feud with her boss over lowering interest rates. The legality of Cook's firing was unclear, ...