A judge set a hearing for Friday morning on Federal Reserve Board Governor Lisa Cook 's request to block President Donald Trump from firing her.

The hearing was scheduled hours after Cook filed a lawsuit against Trump challenging his unprecedented attempt to remove her from the central bank's board of governors, which sets key interest rates that affect mortgage rates and other debt rates.

The suit , filed in federal court in Washington, D.C. , also names Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and the board itself as defendants.

Cook's lawsuit is likely to end up being decided by the Supreme Court .

The case has been assigned to Judge Jia Cobb , who was appointed to the federal bench in late 2021 by former President Joe Biden .

Friday's hearing on Cook's bid to te

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