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Trump Tries—Yet Again—to Fire Fed Governor Lisa Cook

On Friday, President Donald Trump announced the creation of a new committee to investigate Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook over allegations of mortgage fraud, even after those claims were shown to be incorrect, and after the US Supreme Court in June rejected his previous attempts to fire her. In a written memo, Trump announced that […]

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