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The Fed Hearing Finds Independence on the December Calendar

A White House panel delayed its hearing on Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook until December 14. Trump first tried to fire Cook in August 2025, but the Supreme Court blocked him from doing so in June, for now. The delayed hearing keeps attention on a dispute involving the president and a central bank official. The court's intervention did not turn the question into a finished chapter, and the new date gives the process another entry on the calendar. Washington can make even a postponement feel like a major policy instrument: the decision is not settled, but the appointment has been moved.

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