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Supreme Court blocks Trump from firing Fed governor, but gives him freer hand over other agencies
The Supreme Court blocked Trump from firing a Federal Reserve governor in a 5-4 ruling that upheld the Fed's independence. A separate 6-3 decision overturned a 90-year-old precedent that previously protected other agency heads from presidential removal.
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