Lisa Cook

Lisa Cook

Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook attends the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City's 2025 Jackson Hole economic symposium, "Labor Markets in Transition: Demographics, Productivity, and Macroeconomic Policy" in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, US, August 23, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Jim Urquhart/File Photo

US judge temporarily blocks Trump from removing Fed Governor Cook

The preliminary ruling by US District Judge Jia Cobb in Washington, D.C. found that the Trump administration's claims that Cook committed mortgage fraud prior to taking office were likely not...

Lisa Cook testifies before a Senate Banking Committee hearing on her nomination to be a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors (for a second term), on Capitol Hill in Washington, US, June 21, 2023. Photo: REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo

Hearing ends without ruling on Trump's firing of Fed Governor Cook

The Federal Reserve seal is seen during Chairman Jerome Powell news conference following the two-day meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting on interest rate policy in Washington, US, January 29, 2020/ Reuters

Why the Federal Reserve has historically remained independent of the White House

Lisa Cook testifies before a Senate Banking Committee hearing on her nomination to be a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors (for a second term), on Capitol Hill in Washington, US, June 21, 2023. Photo: REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo

Trump says he is firing Federal Reserve Governor Cook over mortgage loan allegations