Anderson Cooper 360
Anderson Cooper 360
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Supreme Court Expands Trump’s Firing Power
46 minutes Posted Jun 30, 2026 at 1:39 am.
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The Supreme Court handed President Trump a significant win Monday by allowing him to remove the leaders of once-independent federal agencies at will. In another ruling, the court made it harder for Trump or future presidents to remove members of the Federal Reserve — temporarily blocking him from firing Fed Governor Lisa Cook over unsubstantiated allegations of mortgage fraud. Former federal prosecutor Berit Berger joins Anderson. Plus, New York Times investigative reporter Eric Lipton discusses how the president's family could stand to profit from a billion-dollar mining deal with Kazakhstan.
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