Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, one of two Democratic members fired from the FTC, slammed the president for his "absolutely illegal" move in letting her go.

President Donald Trump fired two Democratic commissioners at the U.S. Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday, in another major ...

The decision to fire the two members of the traditionally independent regulatory body is likely to face a legal challenge.

Commissioners Alvaro Bedoya and Rebecca Kelly Slaughter both released statements saying they’d been dismissed illegally.

President Trump fired two Democratic appointees from the independent agency tasked with policing corporate America. One of ...

"If we have to fight it all the way to the Supreme Court, we certainly will" to protect Trump's ability to fire Democrats on ...

More than two dozen Democratic U.S. senators called on President Donald Trump on Wednesday to rescind his termination of the ...

Commissioners Alvaro Bedoya and Rebecca Kelly Slaughter said they had been "illegally" fired from the consumer protection ...

Dismissals spark strong criticism from Democratic senators and antimonopoly groups, who fear move aims to eliminate ...

President Donald Trump ousted the Democratic members of the Federal Trade Commission, the latest in a string of firings at agencies designed to be insulated from the White House. “The President ...

The terminations are part of the president’s effort to expand his legal control over independent agencies.