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  • Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve member Lisa Cook, speaks during a conversations with leaders from organizations that include nonprofits, small businesses, manufacturing, supply chain management, the hospitality industry, and the housing and education sectors at the Federal Reserve building, Sept. 23, 2022, in Washington. (Photo: AP)
  • Federal Reserve Board of Governors member Lisa Cook, right, talks with Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell before an open meeting of the Board of Governors at the Federal Reserve, June 25, 2025, in Washington. (Photo: AP)

Trump says he’s firing Fed Governor Lisa Cook, opening new front in fight for central bank control

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WASHINGTON, August 26, 2025 (AP) — President Donald Trump said Monday night that he’s firing Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, an unprecedented move that would constitute a sharp escalation in his battle to exert greater control over what has long been considered an institution independent from day-to-day politics. Trump said in a letter posted on

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The seal of the Board of Governors of the United States Federal Reserve System is displayed in the ground at the Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve Board Building, February 5, 2018, in Washington. (Photo: AP)

Why US Federal Reserve has historically been independent of the White House

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WASHINGTON, August 26, 2025 (AP) — President Donald Trump says he is firing Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook late Monday, in a move viewed as a sharp escalation in his battle to exert greater control over the independent institution. Trump said in a letter posted on his Truth Social platform Monday that he is firing

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President Donald Trump with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and other European leaders at the White House on Monday. (Photo: Washington Post)

Zelensky leaves Washington with Trump’s security guarantees, but are they enough?

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Canberra, Aug 20 (The Conversation) The last time Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visited the White House earlier this year, he was berated by Donald Trump. On Monday, he returned with European leaders by his side. He emerged with some signs of progress on a peace deal to end Russia’s war against Ukraine. The presence of

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Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky (front) at the negotiating table ahead of closed-door talks, watched on by UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, French president Emmanuel Macron and US president Donald Trump. (Photo: AP)

Trump begins planning for Putin-Zelenskyy meeting while affirming US help with security guarantees

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WASHINGTON August 19, 2025 (AP) — President Donald Trump said Monday he’s begun arrangements for a face-to-face meeting between Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy to discuss a pathway to end Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, while affirming that the U.S. would back European security guarantees aimed at preventing Moscow from reinvading its neighbor once the current

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