{
  "id": 285220,
  "title": "Trump is back to try to fire Lisa Cook from the Fed, despite Supreme opposition",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/07/trump-vuelve-a-la-carga-para-despedir-a-lisa-cook-de-la-fed-pese-a-la-285220",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-07T19:49:18.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "El Pais",
    "slug": "el-pais",
    "url": "https://elpais.com/economia/2026-08-07/trump-vuelve-a-la-carga-para-despedir-a-lisa-cook-de-la-fed-pese-a-la-oposicion-del-supremo.html"
  },
  "original_language": "es",
  "account": "Donald Trump is relentless. The US President is once again coming down hard on Lisa Cook, the Federal Reserve governor who opposes his interference in the body that directs monetary policy. The White House sent a letter last Wednesday to the first black woman on the Fed informing her that it plans her dismissal after accusing her without evidence of irregularities in the request for a mortgage to benefit from better financial conditions, according to ABC News.",
  "summary": "US President Donald Trump is attempting to remove Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook from her position, despite opposition from the Supreme Court. The White House sent a letter to Cook on August 5, informing her that Trump is considering her removal over unproven allegations of mortgage fraud. Cook has denied these allegations.\n\nAccording to the letter, signed by Deputy Chief of Staff Dan Scavino, Cook has 21 days to respond to the allegations. The move is part of Trump's ongoing effort to challenge the independence of the Federal Reserve. In June, the Supreme Court ruled that Trump did not have the power to dismiss Fed governors for any reason, but allowed him to try again with proper notice.\n\nThe allegations against Cook were made by Bill Pulte, director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, who accused her of committing mortgage fraud. Cook's lawyer has called the allegations \"baseless\" and stated that there is no valid cause for her removal. The Supreme Court previously allowed Cook to retain her job while she fights Trump's effort to terminate her.",
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      {
        "outlet": "El Pais Economia",
        "title": "Trump is back to try to fire Lisa Cook from the Fed, despite Supreme opposition",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/07/trump-vuelve-a-la-carga-para-despedir-a-lisa-cook-de-la-fed-pese-a-la",
        "published": "2026-08-07T19:49:18.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}