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Making sense of the SCOTUS decision on the Fed

The U.S. Supreme Court is photographed, on Thursday, June 25, 2026, in Washington. (Rahmat Gul/AP)
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The U.S. Supreme Court is photographed, on Thursday, June 25, 2026, in Washington. (Rahmat Gul/AP)

The Supreme Court ruled that for now, the president cannot fire Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook, after he tried to last summer.

Alan Blinder, former vice chair of the Federal Reserve, joins Here & Now‘s Scott Tong for more on what the decision means.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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