President Trump has fired both of the Federal Trade Commission’s Democratic commissioners, setting up a legal battle that will have major implications for a key bipartisan regulatory agency traditionally seen as independent from the executive branch.

President Trump this week fired Alvaro Bedoya and Rebecca Slaughter, the Federal Trade Commission's sole Democratic commissioners. Both say the move is illegal. "The president just illegally fired me,

The two remaining Democratic commissioners of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) have been fired, they announced on social media Tuesday. | Both remaining Democrats on the Federal Trade Commission were fired Tuesday.