Trump Says He’s Fired Lisa Cook, First Black Woman Federal Reserve Board Governor

President Donald Trump has taken his feud with the Federal Reserve Board to a new level, announcing that he is firing board member Lisa Cook, the first Black woman appointed to serve as a governor of ... Read More

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

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. By Ben Casselman Years before Lisa Cook became President Trump’s ... Read More

MSNBC Host Calls Out Trump Targeting ‘Only Black Woman’ on Fed Board

MSNBC host Symone D. Sanders-Townsend has lashed out at President Donald Trump for targeting the “only Black woman” serving on the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors. “It is not lost on me that the ... Read More

Cook’s potential exit hands Trump greater sway over Fed board shaping US monetary policy

Lisa Cook's potential removal from the Federal Reserve Board of Governors gives Trump another opportunity to name someone more closely aligned with his financial policy. Read More

President Trump calls for Fed governor to resign after accusation of mortgage fraud

WASHINGTON ― President Donald Trump called for the resignation of a Biden-appointed Federal Reserve governor, Lisa Cook, following accusations from his administration that she engaged in mortgage ... Read More

Who is Lisa Cook, the first Fed governor a president has ever tried to fire?

President Donald Trump on Monday said he had fired Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook — the first Fed governor ever to be placed in that position — citing allegations of mortgage fraud. But before the ... Read More

Fed Defends Independence as Board Member Plans Challenge to ‘Illegal’ Firing

Fed firing: The Federal Reserve defended its independence a day after President Trump moved to fire a member of its Board of Governors, Lisa Cook. The central bank emphasized governors’ “long tenures ... Read More