Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook received a spirited defense from one of her central bank colleagues and bitter insinuations of guilt from Trump administration officials while Republicans in the Senate are not taking sides on the matter. Speaking this morning on CNBC,...
A Phil Hall Op-Ed: President Trump made history last night when he announced he was firing Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook based on a criminal referral made by Bill Pulte, the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, that claimed Cook engaged in mortgage fraud...
A Phil Hall Op-Ed: Earlier today, the irrepressible Bill Pulte checked into his second home on X and alerted the 3 million folks following his personal account to consider the following observation: “Fate hates hypocrisy.” Now, what exactly is the director of the...
Cape Cod considers a mansion tax, Baltimore considers raising taxes on vacant lots, and a retail chain will not consider opening stores in California. From the wild and wooly world of real estate, here are our Hits and Misses for the week of Aug. 18-22. Miss: Soaking...
President Trump said he would fire Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa D. Cook if she refused to step down in the wake of accusations that she committed mortgage fraud. This morning, Trump was asked about Cook during a visit to a Washington museum. Trump responded, “I’ll...
Zillow Cuts Its Late-2026 Home Sales Outlook as Rents Accelerate
