The president’s calls for Lisa Cook, a Fed governor, to resign are diverting attention from economic issues as top central bankers from around the world gather in Jackson, Wyo.
The Trump administration on Wednesday broadened its attacks beyond Jerome H. Powell, left, the Federal Reserve chair, to Lisa Cook, center, who has served as a member of the Board of Governors since 2022.
Vinh Nguyen, an expert in artificial intelligence and advanced mathematics, was among the current and former officials whose security clearances were revoked by the president.
Lt. Gen. William J. Hartman, the acting N.S.A. director, asked to see evidence that the agency’s chief data scientist had done anything to merit the revocation of his security clearance.
Meta internally announced a new restructuring of its artificial intelligence division amid internal tensions over the technology, people with knowledge of the matter said.
Most of us just accept that government economic data is the best possible estimate of the economy. That could change, and that would be bad for all of us.