Supreme Court blocks Trump's firing of Fed's Lisa Cook but expands presidential power over other independent agencies

The Supreme Court delivered a setback to President Donald Trump on Monday, rejecting his attempt to fire Federal Reserve board member Lisa Cook, while in a separate case giving him a freer hand to exert control over other hitherto independent federal agencies.

The two decisions, issued at the same time and both authored by Chief Justice Roberts, together marked another example of the conservative-majority court pushing back on one aspect of Trump's broad exertion of executive power while giving him the green light on another.

Though Trump may not fire Cook for now, the court allowed the president's firing of FTC Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter.