Washington — Herman Cain, facing resistance from his own political party, has withdrawn from consideration for a seat on the Federal Reserve Board, US President Donald Trump said on Monday. Four Republican US senators in recent weeks voiced opposition to Trump's expected nomination of Cain, likely enough to deny the former Republican presidential candidate the support he needed to secure Senate confirmation for the post. Economists and critics have expressed concerns about loyalists of Trump serving on the traditionally nonpartisan US central bank. Cain has been a public advocate of many of Trump's policies, as has Stephen Moore, a fellow at the conservative Heritage Foundation think tank, who Trump has also said he wants to nominate for one of two vacant seats on the seven-member Fed Board of Governors in Washington. Multiple Democrats on Monday renewed calls for Moore to be taken out of consideration. Cain had vowed to fight on in several interviews, and had said he was under att...
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