President Trump's firing of Democratic FTC commissioner Rebecca Slaughter was illegal, a federal judge ruled Thursday. Why it ...

Trump administration's dismissal of FTC member Rebecca Slaughter was overturned by a D.C. judge who cited the agency's century-old independence safeguards.

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 ...

A federal judge reinstated FTC Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter in a Thursday ruling, months after President Donald Trump sought to fire her and Democratic colleague Alvaro Bedoya.

Donald Trump has unleashed on former MAGA mate Elon Musk, accusing him of being a “train wreck” and “off the rails” in a ...

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 ...

The ruling cited a Supreme Court decision in May that allowed President Trump to sideline Democratic appointees from several ...

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.

A federal judge on Thursday ruled the firing of US Federal Trade Commission member Rebecca Kelly Slaughter by President ...

Slaughter was one of two Democratic FTC commissioners fired by Trump. The other, Alvaro Bedoya, joined the initial lawsuit ...