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Trump creates committee to investigate Fed's Lisa Cook

President Trump established a committee to look into allegations that Fed Governor Lisa Cook made false statements on mortgage documents, the latest step in his renewed effort to fire her.

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All four outlets say Trump is setting up some kind of committee to investigate Fed governor Lisa Cook, and they all link the move to allegations about mortgage-related statements. The Washington Post uniquely frames it as an escalation in an effort to fire Cook and says the panel will report to the president and weigh evidence from a hearing next month. CNBC is the only outlet to note Cook was a Biden nominee and to mention the Supreme Court blocking Trump’s first attempt, while its later piece adds possible effects on Powell, Fed independence and interest rates.

Written by Crossfiled from the 5 headlines and extracts below, not from the articles themselves. It describes how the outlets framed this, not what happened. Open any headline for a summary of that article.

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