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President Donald Trump claims to have fired Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, but she begs to differ. “President Trump purported to fire me ‘for cause’ when no cause exists under the law, and he has no authority to do so,” said Cook in a statement Monday. “I will not resign.” As governor, Cook is one of six board members who play a major role in implementing monetary policy in the United States. Trump has repeatedly criticized the Federal Reserve for not cutting interest rates, which he argues hampers economic growth. Last week, Trump called for Cook to resign, citing allegations from Bill Pulte, the Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency that she had improperly listed two primary residences.  (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) On Monday, Trump moved to make her ouster official, penning a letter to Cook announcing her dismissal, which he posted on the social media platform Truth Social. “You are hereby removed from your position on the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve, effective immediately,” he wrote Cook. “At a minimum, the conduct at issue exhibits the sort of gross negligence in financial transactions that calls into question your competence and trustworthiness as a financial regulator.” Governors are confirmed by the Senate for 14-year terms. Cook, who was reappointed in February of 2024, would reach the end of her term in January 2038 if allowed to remain. Cook’s lawyer, Abbe Lowell, fired back at Trump with strident language in a statement Monday. “President Trump has taken to social media to once again ‘fire by tweet’ and once again his reflex to bully is flawed and his demands lack any proper process, basis or legal authority,” he said. “We will take whatever actions are needed to prevent his attempted illegal action.” Lowell, a Washington-based lawyer, has represented clients such as former Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., Jared Kushner, and Hunter Biden. The post Trump Moves to Fire Federal Reserve Governor, But She Says He Can’t appeared first on The Daily Signal.

It must be easier to be a conservative in Texas or Florida. But what does it take to get up every morning in a state that most people think is a lost cause to liberalism? At the annual State Policy Network meeting, The Daily Signal caught up with the leaders of Oregon’s Cascade Policy Institute and New York’s Empire Center, John Charles and Zilvinas Silenas, respectively. They gave us some insight as to how conservatives try to survive in deeply liberal states. >>> Sign up for our Virginia email newsletter They are fighting against left-wing legislatures and governors to attempt to preserve some semblance of sanity. And part of that fight is trying to convince the public—conservative, liberal, and agnostic—that their commonsense conservative solutions to governing are good for everybody. Listen to our interview: The post Fighting to Bring Conservative Common Sense to Liberal States appeared first on The Daily Signal.

'Fired' Fed Governor: Hell No, I Won't Go

It’s a bit of a relief that something that enormous wasn’t whizzing around the early Solar System looking for a planet to hit.