US President Donald Trump on Monday said he was firing Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook over alleged improprieties in obtaining mortgage loans, an unprecedented step that could test the boundaries of presidential power over the independent monetary policy body should it be challenged in court. Trump said in a letter to Cook, the first African-American woman to serve on the Federal Reserve's governing body, that he had “sufficient cause to remove you from your position” because in 2021 Cook indicated on documents for separate mortgage loans on properties in Michigan and Georgia that both were a primary residence where she intended to live. Cook, appointed to the Fed board in 2022 by former US President Joe Biden, has yet to...
যুক্তরাষ্ট্রের বৈদেশিক সহায়তা বন্ধে চলমান আইনি লড়াইয়ে হস্তক্ষেপ করার জন্য সুপ্রিম কোর্টে আবেদন করেছে ট্রাম্প প্রশাসন। স্থানীয় সময় মঙ্গলবার (২৬ আগস্ট) নিম্ন আদালতের দেওয়া রায়ের...
Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook will file a lawsuit to prevent President Donald Trump from firing her, a lawyer for the embattled central bank official...
HONG KONG, Aug 26, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Asian stocks retreated Tuesday after a series of market-rattling announcements by US President Donald Trump, including the unusual...
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WASHINGTON, Aug 27, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - US President Donald Trump is famed as a political showman -- and during a record-breaking three hour and 16...
WASHINGTON, Aug 27, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - The Trump administration on Tuesday suspended several employees of the US Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) after they publicly...
JERUSALEM, Aug 27, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - The Israeli military said Wednesday it intercepted a missile fired from Yemen, where Huthi rebels have regularly launched attacks...
US President Donald Trump will host a meeting today on post-war plans for Gaza, his envoy Steve Witkoff said Tuesday. "We've got a large meeting...