The bigger plan behind Trump’s attempted Fed firing

Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell, left, and Fed governor Lisa Cook, right, during the Federal Reserve Board open meeting in Washington, DC, on June 25, 2025. | Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images

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Welcome to The Logoff: President Donald Trump is attempting to fire one of the seven members of the Federal Reserve board, a legally questionable move with major implications for the US economy.

What happened? On Monday night, Trump announced that he was firing Lisa Cook, a Biden........

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