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Listen live to the oral arguments as the Supreme Court hears arguments on U.S. President Donald Trump’s effort to oust Federal Reserve governor, member Lisa Cook. Read more: https://bit.ly/4qEUcMI
BREAKING: Listen to this. Reporter: "Your husband bought stock in Elon Musk's xAI days before the Pentagon expanded its role. Can you assure us it wasn’t based on inside info?” Representative Lisa McClain: “100%. If it was, we would've bought a heck of a lot more." pic.twitter.com/0LmdjP9Keu — unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) January 15, 2026
https://www.scotusblog.com/2025/10/supreme-court-declines-to-take-action-on-trumps-request-to-fire-fed-governor-for-now/ The Supreme Court on Wednesday announced that it will hear oral arguments in January on a request from the Trump administration to allow the president to fire Lisa Cook, a member of the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors. In a brief, unsigned order, the justices delayed their decision on the administration’s plea to pause a ruling by …
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/26/trump-microsoft-lisa-monaco-00583363 President Donald Trump is demanding that Microsoft fire former Biden Justice Department official Lisa Monaco, who Trump has previously blamed for federal investigations into his mishandling of classified documents and alleged election interference, furthering his retribution campaign against his former antagonists. Trump urged the software giant to remove Monaco, who it recently appointed as …
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-17/bessent-like-fed-governor-made-contradictory-mortgage-pledges US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent once agreed to occupy two different houses as his “principal residence” at the same time, mortgage documents show — the same kind of contradictory pledges that President Donald Trump has been using to try to oust Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook. Bessent’s conflicting agreements obligated him to occupy homes …
BREAKING: The DC Circuit has *rejected* Trump's bid to fire Lisa Cook from the Fed board, allowing her to participate in tomorrow's interest-rate setting meeting. Trump's last hope is a quick stay from SCOTUS. https://t.co/wNtfx9GWW2 pic.twitter.com/1eZGAmLjhO — Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) September 16, 2025 NOTABLE: The majority did not opine on Trump's claim of "cause" for …
Trump did not just push the boundaries of power. He forced the courts to decide if the Federal Reserve’s independence now means protecting one of its own when fraud allegations surface. The statute says a governor can only be removed “for cause.” But it never defined the term. That hole in the law is now …
Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook “did not ever commit mortgage fraud,” her attorney wrote. The lawyer, Abbe Lowell, asked a judge to temporarily block President Donald Trump from firing her from the central bank’s board. Nearly 600 economists signed an open letter backing Cook and defending the Fed’s independence. Federal Reserve Board Governor Lisa Cook …
The Federal Reserve is bleeding credibility. Not from miscalculations or inflation forecasts. From rot inside its own walls. Lisa Cook, a sitting Fed governor, is facing three separate criminal referrals for mortgage fraud. Three homes. Three states. Three filings that are inconsistent and fraudulent. The latest: a $361,000 condo in Cambridge, Massachusetts, declared a “second …
Fed Governor Lisa Cook’s lawsuit against Donald Trump challenges his ability to remove her from office but only briefly addresses the central accusations that she committed mortgage fraud. Cook did call mortgage fraud accusations “unsubstantiated and unproven” without going into detail. In a statement to CNBC, Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte noted that …
Trump firing Fed’s Cook pic.twitter.com/BBEgdKZJJL — TT3 (@TradingThomas3) August 26, 2025 Well Trump fires Cook. Now he can replace her with another dovish cuck and he will have enough votes to get as many rate cuts as he wants. This is terrifying shit. https://t.co/rkBClz3rde — QE Infinity (@StealthQE4) August 26, 2025 We’re running an almost …
President Donald Trump said he will fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook if she does not resign from her position. Cook, an appointee of former President Joe Biden, has come under fire from the Trump administration over allegations about her mortgages. If Trump were to successfully remove Cook “for cause,” he would get the chance …
Trump is not playing coy. On Wednesday he blasted Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook with a blunt demand: “Resign, now!!!” The trigger? A Bloomberg report of a possible mortgage fraud probe, amplified by his allies. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-calls-fed-governor-cook-131136021.html BREAKING: The US Department of Justice says it has received a criminal investigation referral related to Fed Governor Cook …