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Kevin Hassett, President Donald Trump's top economic advisor, comments come amid a brewing legal battle between Cook and the Trump administration.

Sean Charles Dunn was fired from his job at the Department of Justice after the sub-chucking incident, which was caught on video.

Federal Reserve Board Governor Lisa Cook hired Abbe Lowell to fight her termination by President Trump for a case that could land at the Supreme Court.

President Donald Trump said he will soon have a "majority" of preferred members on the Federal Reserve board who will back his desire to slash interest rates.

"Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married," Taylor Swift's Instagram post said.

Abbe Lowell, a lawyer for Lisa Cook, says President Trump's action to remove her as a Federal Reserve Board governor is "illegal."

President Trump pointed to allegations of mortgage fraud by Lisa Cook in saying she was fired as a governor of the Federal Reserve Board.

President Donald Trump's criticism came a day after Cracker Barrel told customers the company could have better handled its controversial logo rebranding.

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick punted when asked if President Trump would fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell if he allowed Cook to stay on the job.

The Trump administration is "thinking about" whether the U.S. should take stakes in top defense contractors, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said.