Washington, Aug 26, 2025 (AFP) - Who is Lisa Cook, the Fed governor Trump seeks to fire?

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2025-08-26

Lisa Cook, the first Black woman to serve on the powerful Federal Reserve Board of Governors, has become US President Donald Trump's latest target as he ramped up pressure on the central bank. Cook was one of former president Joe Biden's choices to fill open seats on the Fed board -- a seven-member body guiding US monetary policy -- and she took office as a Fed governor in May 2022. The daughter of a Baptist chaplain and a professor of nursing, C......

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