By MATT BROWN

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s vow to fire Lisa Cook , an economist who is the first Black woman to serve on the Federal Reserve’s board of governors, kicked off another tense debate and likely legal battle over a major institution’s independence.

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