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True or False: Trump's attempt to fire Lisa Cook marks the first time in the Federal Reserve's history that a president has tried to remove a sitting governor.

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True. In the Federal Reserve's 112-year history since its creation in 1913, no president has ever attempted to fire a sitting governor before Trump's August 25, 2025, effort to remove Lisa Cook. This...

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