
PBS Newshour - 6 hours 7 min ago
In our news wrap Thursday, President Trump closed out his state visit to the UK with a series of deals, the Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court for an emergency order to remove Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve's board of governors and Pennsylvania prosecutors say that a suspected stalker was hiding at his ex-girlfriend's house when he opened fire on police who came to arrest him. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast...

NY Post - 10 hours 44 min ago
President Trump's Justice Department petitioned the Supreme Court to give him the go-ahead to fire embattled Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook after a lower court blocked the move.

UPI - 11 hours 55 min ago
President Donald Trump has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to allow him to remove Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook after an appeals court rejected his attempts.

ABC News - 12 hours 11 min ago
The average rate on a 30-year U.S. mortgage fell again this week, echoing a decline in long-term U.S. Treasury bond yields ahead of the Federal Reserve's first rate cut this year...

Los Angeles Times - 12 hours 26 min ago
The case could determine if President Trump is free to remake the Federal Reserve Board by removing a Democratic appointee who he says may have broken the law.

The Guardian - 12 hours 31 min ago
Request sets stage for historic test of presidential power as Trump pursues greater control of the Federal Reserve The Trump administration asked the US supreme court to allow it to fire the Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook , as it continues its extraordinary attack on the central bank's independence. In a filing on Thursday, Donald Trump's officials requested an emergency order to remove Cook from the Fed's board of governors, after an appeals court refused to go along with efforts...

The Hill - 12 hours 51 min ago
President Trump's top economic adviser praised the Federal Reserve for making a "prudent" decision on interest rates Thursday, despite the president's calls for a much steeper rate cut. Kevin Hassett, director of the White House National Economic Council (NEC), backed the Fed's move to cut interest rates by 0.25 percentage points Wednesday after months of...

Newsweek - 12 hours 55 min ago
The appeal follows a federal judge's ruling that Trump's effort to fire Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve's board of governors was likely illegal.

NBC News - 13 hours 1 min ago
The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to allow the president to immediately fire Federal Reserve board member Lisa Cook.

CNBC - 13 hours 3 min ago
President Donald Trump has cited allegations of mortgage fraud by Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook in seeking to remove her.

Boston Herald - 13 hours 8 min ago
Trump is trying to reshape the Fed and strike a blow at its independence.

The Hill - 13 hours 8 min ago
The Justice Department urged the Supreme Court on Thursday to put President Trump's firing of Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook over mortgage fraud accusations into effect. Cook participated in this week's key vote cutting interest rates after a divided appeals panel rejected the administration's plea to intervene beforehand. The administration waited for the Fed's meeting to conclude before...

CNBC - 14 hours 48 min ago
The Federal Reserve on Wednesday delivered on a widely anticipated quarter percentage point interest rate cut.

New York Times - 16 hours 9 min ago
Jerome H. Powell, the Federal Reserve chair, warned this week that "there are no risk-free paths now."...

Boston Herald - 16 hours 39 min ago
The Fed's nearly-unanimous decision to reduce its key interest rate was seen by many as a quiet show of unity.

Forbes - 16 hours 49 min ago
Today's Forbes Daily newsletter covers the Federal Reserve's interest rate cuts, ABC pulls Jimmy Kimmel, StubHub's IPO, Lyft and Waymo team up, Meta's glasses and more.

NBC News - 17 hours 30 sec ago
The Federal Reserve lowers its benchmark interest rate by a quarter of a point for the first time this year, bringing the range to 4.00% to 4.25%. For consumers, the move means potentially lower interest rates when it comes to credit cards, borrowing money for new auto and home purchases or taking out a home equity loan. NBC's senior business correspondent Christine Romans reports TODAY.

The Hill - 17 hours 33 min ago
Trump is testing the independence of the Fed by attempting to oust board member Lisa Cook and pushing for lower rates. He just got an ally.

Newser - 17 hours 43 min ago
The Trump administration on Thursday asked the Supreme Court for an emergency order to remove Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve's Board of Governors, reports the AP . The administration turned to the high court after an appeals court refused to go along with ousting Cook, part of President Trump's effort...

New York Times - 19 hours 53 min ago
The bulk of the historical data suggests that an interest-rate cut by the Federal Reserve at a market peak has usually led to even more market gains.

The Guardian - 19 hours 56 min ago
Donald Trump wants drastic rate cuts and his campaign to exert greater political control over the Fed continues apace The time has come to ban the "revolving door" between the White House and the Federal Reserve, two academics argued last year. Doing so would be "critical to reducing the incentives for officials to act in the short-term political interests of the president", they wrote. Eight months ago, the two writers Dan Katz and Stephen Miran joined the Trump administration in...

ABC News - 22 hours 42 min ago
Asian shares, led by tech stocks, are mostly higher after Wall Street indexes a day earlier churned between gains and losses but ultimately remained near record levels following the Federal Reserve's decision to cut its main interest rate...

ABC News - 22 hours 51 min ago
The Federal Reserve just cut its benchmark rate for the first time since last year, but that doesn't guarantee mortgage rates will keep dropping...

CNBC - 23 hours 32 min ago
European stocks are expected to open higher on Thursday as traders digest the U.S. Federal Reserve's rate cut on Wednesday.