The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday issued a brief order notifying the government that President Donald Trump's attempt to fire Federal Reserve Board governor Lisa Cook , based on the existence of a mortgage fraud criminal referral his own administration created, will go absolutely nowhere for months.

Without offering any reasoning, SCOTUS decided Trump had failed for now in his " shadow docket " demand for a stay of a lower court order that blocked Cook's firing, deferring a ruling on a stay application and noting oral arguments in the case would not be heard until January:

The application for stay presented to The Chief Justice and by him referred to the Court is deferred pending oral argument in January 2026. The Clerk is directed to establish a briefing schedule for amici curiae and

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