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President Trump has the power to restore the Federal Election Commission to a functional body by nominating two Republican commissioners to fill the two vacant seats, ensuring that the agency can conduct essential business and provide crucial guidance to campaigns,
Donald Trump has unleashed on former MAGA mate Elon Musk, accusing him of being a “train wreck” and “off the rails” in a searing Truth Social post. The latest spat between the president and the richest man in the world has flared up after Musk promised to start his new “America Party”.
This is from a couple days ago: he Federal Election Commission officially has a new chair. Democrat Shana Broussard, who was nominated to the commission in 2020 by President Donald Trump, formally became FEC chair on Tuesday,
The ruling cited a Supreme Court decision in May that allowed President Trump to sideline Democratic appointees from several other nonpartisan agencies.
FEC commissioners are appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate. Trump has not announced any new commissioner appointments in his term so far.