WASHINGTON — President Trump appointed one of his top economic advisers to serve on the Federal Reserve Board of Governors Thursday — after months of pressuring Fed Chairman Jerome Powell to resign or demanding the board stage a coup to lower interest rates.

The Fed Board of Governors typically meets twice a month by teleconference or at the Federal Reserve headquarters in the Marriner S. Eccles Building at 2051 Constitution Avenue, NW Washington, DC ...

President Donald Trump on Wednesday demanded the resignation of Lisa Cook, a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, in his latest effort to bend the independent central bank to his will.

Trump’s nominee could spark scrutiny of a central bank that has sweeping powers and a record of blunders.