The FEC is an independent, regulatory agency tasked with enforcing campaign finance laws and overseeing the nation’s federal elections. The agency has more than 300 employees who are led by six ...

President Trump has the power to restore the Federal Election Commission to a functional body by nominating two Republican ...

President Trump dismissed Federal Election Commission Chair Ellen Weintraub from service on Friday following in his series of firings from various government agencies. “Received a letter from POTUS ...

Sean Cooksey, a Trump-appointed commissioner on the Federal Election Commission (FEC), announced Monday that he would be resigning on President-elect Trump’s first day in office. “I am proud ...

Trump removes Democratic FEC commissioner ‘effective immediately’ by Ashleigh Fields - 02/06/25 10:04 PM ET. by Ashleigh Fields - 02/06/25 10:04 PM ET.

President Trump dismissed Federal Election Commission Chair Ellen Weintraub from service on Friday following in his series of firings from various government agencies. “Received a letter from ...

There’s a legal way to replace FEC commissioners-this isn’t it,” Weintraub wrote Thursday in a post on the social platform X, accompanied by a screenshot of a letter signed by Trump.