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Reps. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., and Al Green, D-Texas, speak to reporters as the Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday over President Donald Trump’s attempt to fire Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve Board of Governors.

Policy

Supreme Court airs doubts over Trump’s power to fire Fed member

Oral arguments explore harms to independence of the U.S. central bank

By Michael Macagnone
Posted January 21, 2026 at 2:03pm, Updated at 5:22pm

Federal Reserve Board Governor Lisa Cook makes remarks at the Brookings Institution before a November discussion on the economy and monetary policy.

Policy

Supreme Court to hear arguments on Trump firing of Fed member

By Michael Macagnone
Posted January 20, 2026 at 10:18am
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell testifies during a Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing in June.

Congress

GOP lawmakers ding Powell probe as coercion, distraction

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted January 12, 2026 at 4:51pm
Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., said the Trump administration is "actively pushing to end the independence of the Federal Reserve." (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Congress

Tillis to oppose all Fed nominees over Powell investigation

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted January 12, 2026 at 5:06am
House Financial Services Chairman French Hill, R-Ark., is pushing to embed financial regulations into statute to make them less vulnerable to change after political transitions.

Lawmakers seek to embed financial services rules into legislation

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Posted January 5, 2026 at 7:00am
Michael Selig, the nominee to be chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, waits to testify during his confirmation hearing in the Senate Agriculture Committee on Wednesday.

Senate Agriculture plans Thursday vote on CFTC nominee

By Olivia M. Bridges
Posted November 19, 2025 at 6:14pm
President Donald Trump greets Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday ahead of a summit meeting at Gimhae Air Base in Busan, South Korea. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Takeaways: Trump touts tenuous deals on tariffs, rare earths and soybeans

By John T. Bennett
Posted October 30, 2025 at 9:51am
Lisa Cook, a member of the Federal Reserve Board, can keep her post until the Supreme Court hears arguments in the case about President Donald Trump's attempt to fire her.

Supreme Court keeps Fed’s Cook in place, sets January hearing

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Posted October 1, 2025 at 1:57pm
Lisa Cook testifies about her nomination to the Federal Reserve before the Senate Banking Committee in 2023. She became the first Black woman to sit on the Fed in its history.

Administration seeks to halt judge’s ruling to keep Cook at Fed

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Posted September 12, 2025 at 10:32am
Stephen Miran, the chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors, testified to the Senate Banking Committee last week. The panel advanced his nomination for a Federal Reserve seat on Wednesday.

Senate Banking advances Miran nomination for Fed

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Posted September 10, 2025 at 12:48pm