The move highlights Trump's ongoing conflict with Fed officials, including Cook and Fed Chairman Jerome Powell. Trump wants the Fed, the US central bank, to lower interest rates. The Fed has long maintained its independence from politics, and has maintained interest rates at current levels during its past few meetings.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he was removing Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook from her position on the Fed's board of directors. Trump made the announcement in a letter to Cook that he posted on social media.

President Donald Trump is hoping to replicate his law enforcement efforts in Los Angeles and Washington, DC, in cities across the country, with the administration making moves to once again use the US military for its anti-crime agenda.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that the U.S. military might deploy to Chicago and is ready to go anywhere on short notice to crack down on crime. Citing a purported wave of lawlessness, Trump seized control this month of the police force in Washington,

President Donald Trump and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung had a friendly interaction before the cameras at the White House that was far different than Trump's warnings against the new leader earlier Monday.

Lee and Trump had a "pleasant" meeting where the two leaders exchanged praises and talked about assassination attempts against them, Kang Yu-jung, Lee's spokesperson, said. The two did not discuss Washington's demand over Seoul's opening to agricultural products,