Washington (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s nominee to the Federal Reserve’s powerful board may soon work alongside the same central banker the president tried to fire weeks ago, in what would be a stunning milestone in Trump’s ongoing bid to bend the historically independent Fed to his will.

In a Tuesday night ruling, a federal judge blocked Trump’s unprecedented firing of Fed Governor Lisa Cook. The Trump administration said on Wednesday it was appealing.

On Wednesday, Stephen Miran’s nomination to become a Fed governor got the green light in a procedural Senate committee vote Wednesday. Soon, all 50 senators will vote on whether to confirm him — a hurdle Miran is expected to clear in time to join the Fed for its rate-setting meeting next week.

Trump’s mark on the Fed — and also th

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