26/08/2025 09:31
The Guardian
Trump accused of ‘cobbling together’ mortgage fraud allegations against Lisa Cook as top Democrats react furiously Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog. I’m Tom Ambrose and I will be bringing you all the latest news lines over the next few hours.We start with news that Donald Trump has been accused of “cobbling together” allegations to fire Federal Reserve governor, Lisa Cook.Their latest target is Dr Lisa Cook, a highly qualified, trailblazing economist, and the first Black woman to serve on the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors since Congress created it in 1913.Let me be very clear, the allegations against Dr Cook have been cobbled together as a pretext to try to replace her with someone who will be loyal first to Trump instead of the US Constitution or US law.I will continue to carry out my duties to help the American economy.We will take whatever actions are needed to prevent his attempted illegal action.Unprompted, Trump said three times that he plans to rebrand the “Department of Defense” by returning to the pre-1947 name, the “Department of War”.In a court filing, the Trump administration said that it intends to withdraw federal approval for an offshore wind farm off the coasts of Maryland and Delaware.A large bruise on the back on Trump’s right hand, which the president appeared to be hiding, poorly, under a daub of makeup last week, was clearly visible during public appearances, renewing speculation that the White House might be concealing information about his health.California Republicans went to court to challenge a plan devised by the state’s governor, Gavin Newsom, to redraw congressional boundaries in response to a redistricting plan that aims to give Republicans in Texas five more US House seats.Video recorded for a Fox News streaming documentary about Trump proves that the president lied when he told reporters that Maryland’s governor, Wes Moore, had hugged and praised him at the Army-Navy football game in December.The Utah legislature will need to rapidly redraw the state’s congressional boundaries after a judge ruled Monday that the Republican-controlled body drew them in violation of voters’ rights. Continue reading...
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