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'Some authoritarian s***:' Dems rip Trump's unprecedented firing of Fed governor Lisa Cook

Top Democratic leaders swiftly condemned President Donald Trump's attempt to fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, calling it an authoritarian overreach that threatens the independence of the U.S. central bank."Any attempt to fire Lisa Cook from her position of Governor at the Federal Reserve is just the latest in Donald Trump’s DC partisan games to rig the economy for his billionaire donors at the expense of hardworking Americans," Sen. Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., wrote on X."Donald Trump is playing a dangerous game of Jenga with a key pillar of our economy," he wrote, adding th

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