Cook said on Aug. 20 after Trump's initial social media post calling on her to resign that she had no intention of doing so, noting that Bill Pulte, the head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency und...

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Friday opened the door ever so slightly to lowering a key interest rate in the coming months but gave no hint on the timing of a move and suggested the central ...

Firing the Fed chair or forcing out a governor would threaten the Fed’s venerated independence, which has long been supported by most economists and Wall Street investors.