Lisa Cook has served on the Federal Reserve Board of Governors since 2022.

Trump, in a Move With Little Precedent, Says He Is Firing a Fed Governor

By Tony Romm, Colby Smith and Ben Casselman

President Trump told Lisa Cook that he had found sufficient cause “to remove you from your position.” Ms. Cook and her lawyer said they would fight the firing.

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President Trump said on Monday that he would remove Lisa Cook, a Federal Reserve governor, from her post.

What to Know About the Allegations Against Lisa Cook of the Fed

By Madeleine Ngo, Tony Romm and Matthew Goldstein

Trump administration officials have accused the Federal Reserve governor of mortgage fraud. She has not been charged with any wrongdoing.

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In a 2019 article, Lisa Cook and a colleague wrote that “if economics is hostile to women, it is especially antagonistic to Black women.”

Lisa Cook Broke Ground at the Fed, Before Attack by Trump

By Ben Casselman

The first Black woman to serve on the Federal Reserve board, Ms. Cook has long been a pathbreaker in a field dominated by white men.

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President Trump said he had found sufficient cause to remove Lisa Cook from the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve. She said she would fight the firing.

Fed Governor Tells Trump ‘I Will Not Resign,’ and Israeli Strikes Kill 5 Journalists

By Tracy Mumford, Will Jarvis, Ian Stewart and Jessica Metzger

Plus, a Hitchcock star re-emerges.

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Members of the Department of Government Efficiency uploaded a copy of crucial Social Security data to a vulnerable cloud server, the agency’s chief data officer said in a whistle-blower complaint.

DOGE Put Critical Social Security Data at Risk, Whistle-Blower Says

By Nicholas Nehamas

DOGE team members uploaded a database with the personal information of hundreds of millions of Americans to a vulnerable cloud server, according to the agency’s chief data officer.

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Jack Smith at a news conference announcing the indictment of Donald J. Trump in August 2023.

Jack Smith’s Legal Team Fires Back Against Ethics Complaint

By Devlin Barrett

For months, the former special counsel has remained silent as the president and his advisers have publicly attacked him.

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