Fed Governor Lisa Cook sues Trump to block her firing

Federal Reserve Board Governor Lisa Cook on Thursday sued President Donald Trump, seeking to block his unprecedented move to fire her. The suit, filed in federal court in Washington, D.C., also names Fed Chairman Jerome Powell and the Board of Governors itself as defendants. Trump said Monday that he was removing Cook because of allegations that she committed…

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Lawyers for Susan Monarez say ‘she remains as CDC Director’, only Trump has power to ‘fire her’

Susan Monarez, President Donald Trump’s nominee to be the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), arrives to testify for her confirmation hearing before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on June 25, 2025 in Washington, DC. Kayla Bartkowski | Getty Images Lawyers…

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Best Buy (BBY) earnings Q2 2026

Logo of Best Buy displayed outside a Best Buy store in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, on March 22, 2025. Artur Widak | Nurphoto | Getty Images Best Buy surpassed Wall Street revenue and earnings expectations for its most recent quarter on Thursday, but stuck with its full-year forecast, citing tariff uncertainty. The consumer electronics retailer said…

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NATO's 'Article Five-like' fallacy on Ukraine

One reason is that the Kremlin does not want the US Army or NATO forces on the ground in Ukraine as a security guarantee. This is that they will significantly disrupt future Russian military operations against Kiev. For this reason alone, Western shoes on the ground are the only safety guarantee (lack of NATO accession)…

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