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 said on Tuesday, kicking off what could be a protracted legal fight over the White House's effort to shape US monetary policy. "His attempt to fire her, based solely on a referral letter, lacks any factual or legal basis. We will be filing a lawsuit challenging this illegal action," Cook's lawyer, prominent Washington attorney Abbe Lowell, said in a statement. The statement was issued a day after Trump said he would fire Cook, the first Black woman to serve on the Fed's governing body, for alleged "deceitful and potential criminal conduct" related to mortgages she...
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...
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...
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