Trump’s move to fire Fed governor Lisa Cook could give him leverage over Fed board, analysts say

[ad_1] President Trump’s move to fire Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook could roil financial markets, raise uncertainty for investors and heighten concerns that the White House is trying to wrest control of the historically independent central bank, according to Wall Street analysts.  Mr. Trump announced her removal in a letter posted Monday night on Truth Social, citing…

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U.S. to resume “neighborhood checks” for citizenship applications as part of Trump push to heavily vet immigrants

[ad_1] The Trump administration is reinstating a long-dormant practice of conducting “neighborhood checks” to vet immigrants applying for U.S. citizenship, expanding its efforts to aggressively scrutinize immigration applications, according to a government memo obtained by CBS News. The neighborhood checks would involve on-the-ground investigations by officials at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services that could include…

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Trump administration threatens some funding for 3 states for not enforcing trucker English rules

[ad_1] California, Washington and New Mexico could lose millions of dollars of federal funding if they continue failing to enforce English language requirements for truckers, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Tuesday. An investigation launched after a deadly Florida crash involving a foreign truck driver who made an illegal U-turn on Aug. 12 found what Duffy…

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