President Trump had pressed to fire Lisa Cook before the central bank’s meeting, where the board voted to cut interest rates.
Category: Federal Courts (US)
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Judge Rules Fed Governor Can Remain in Role, for Now
The decision is a win for Lisa Cook, the Federal Reserve governor that President Trump sought to dismiss over allegations of mortgage fraud.
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Jury Says Tesla Was Partly to Blame for Fatal Crash
Lawyers for the family of a woman struck and killed by a Tesla sedan in 2019 argued that the company’s Autopilot software should have avoided the crash.
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Tesla Driver Testifies Autopilot Failed to Prevent Fatal Crash
The driver gave testimony in a federal trial about Tesla’s role in a 2019 accident that killed a woman in Florida.
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Supreme Court Clears Way for Trump Administration’s Mass Firings of Federal Workers
The Trump administration had asked the justices to block a lower court’s ruling that paused the largest phase of the president’s efforts to downsize the government.
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Court Tariffs Ruling Upends Trump’s Trade Strategy
The administration immediately sought a ruling to allow the U.S. to continue imposing stiff tariffs, and the White House said the Supreme Court needed to intervene.
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Court Tariffs Ruling Upends Trump’s Trade Strategy
The administration immediately petitioned a court to allow the United States to continue imposing stiff tariffs.
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Trump Tariffs Blocked by U.S. Court of International Trade
The U.S. Court of International Trade said the president had overstepped his authority under the federal emergency powers law he invoked.
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NPR Sues Trump Over Order to Cut Funding
The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Washington by NPR and other public radio organizations, said President Trump’s executive order violated the Constitution and the First Amendment.
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UnitedHealth’s Move to End Cyberattack Loan Lifeline Upsets Medical Providers
The company lent roughly $9 billion to practices affected by a vast cyberattack on its payment systems last year. Medical practices are now suing the health care colossus, saying it is pressuring them to repay funds.
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Supreme Court Pauses Ruling Requiring Rehiring of 16,000 Probationary Workers
A federal judge in California had ordered the Trump administration to rehire government employees fired as part of its efforts to slash the federal work force.