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Cook participated in the September 2025 Fed meeting and voted for the rate cut despite Trump firing attempt.
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Trump fired Cook on August 25. But she attended the September 17-18, 2025 FOMC meeting and voted for the Fed's first rate cut since 2020—a 50-basis-point reduction. She could serve because the D.C. Ci...
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