President Trump held a ceremonial swearing-in on Friday in the Oval Office for Billy Long, the new commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, in a sign of the unusually close relationship Mr ...

A federal judge ruled yesterday that President Trump violated US law when he fired Democrat Rebecca Kelly Slaughter from her position at the Federal Trade Commission. "Because the law on the ...

A federal judge said Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, whom President Trump fired from the Federal Trade Commission in March, was still a “rightful member” of the agency.

The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruled that President Donald Trump's March firing of Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter was illegal on Thursday.

Trump's firing of Democratic FTC commissioner was unlawful, judge rules The judge says Rebecca Slaughter is still a 'rightful member' of the FTC.

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President Trump has seized on the Federal Reserve’s multibillion-dollar makeover as a possible avenue for finally ousting its politically independent chair, Jerome Powell. Trump has for… ...

Judge says Trump’s firing of FTC commissioner was illegal Rebecca Kelly Slaughter can return to her job, but the fight could head to the Supreme Court.

A federal judge on Thursday ruled the firing of US Federal Trade Commission member Rebecca Kelly Slaughter by President Donald Trump earlier this year was illegal.

President Trump has seized on the Federal Reserve’s multibillion-dollar makeover as a possible avenue for finally ousting its politically independent chair, Jerome Powell. Trump has for months ...

A federal judge has restored commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter to her role at the Federal Trade Commission, ruling that President Donald Trump’s attempt to fire the Democratic appointee in ...

Judge Loren AliKhan ruled that President Trump's firing of a Democratic FTC Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter was illegal.