Fed Governor Legal Fight, DNC Summer Meeting, Taylor Swift Engaged

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🗓️ 27 August 2025

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Summary

Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook’s attorney has plans to file a lawsuit challenging President Trump’s bid to remove Cook from her position. The Democratic National Committee wraps up its first major gathering since President Trump’s return to the White House. And, music superstar Taylor Swift is engaged to football player Travis Kelce of the Kansas City Chiefs.

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0:00.0	Can I just, uh, in the morning?
0:03.0	Yeah.
0:03.6	You're a very loud type or like, it's like you stand on business.
0:06.5	Oh.
0:06.9	Let me do a little imitation.
0:08.4	Okay.
0:08.9	You do.
0:11.5	And then you know the intro is good.
0:17.5	President Trump repeats his concern about a governor of the Fed.
0:20.8	We need people that are 100% above board.
0:23.6	He also says outright that removing her would give his appointees a majority of the board.
0:28.6	What's his plan?
0:29.6	I'm Steve Inskeep with Leila Faddle, and this is up first from NPR News.
0:35.6	The chair of the Democratic National Committee spoke at his party's first big gathering since Trump's return to the White House.
0:42.8	I'm sick and tired of this Democratic Party bringing a pencil to a knife fight.
0:46.9	So what is the party plan to do as it grows more unpopular with voters?
0:51.1	And Taylor Swift and Travis Kelsey are engaged.
0:58.6	I don't think anyone else's engagement would make it into the news you need to start your day.
1:04.5	Stay with us. As soon as today, an attorney for Lisa Cook plans to file a lawsuit challenging, a quote, illegal action by President Trump.
1:23.4	Lisa Cook is on the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, an independent agency that Trump wants to control.
1:29.4	He claims to have fired her for cause.
1:32.1	She says no cause exists under the law, and he has no authority to fire her.
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