The FTC historically had a 3–2 partisan split, with the president's party having a one-seat advantage. But President Trump ...

The Supreme Court unanimously held in a 1935 case, Humphrey's Executor v. United States, that "Congress intended to restrict the power of removal to one or more of those causes." The case involved ...

Two Democratic commissioners at the U.S. Federal Trade Commission sought on Friday to expedite their lawsuit challenging ...

Rebecca Kelly Slaughter and Alvaro M. Bedoya have filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia aiming to reverse President Donald Trump's decision to fire them without cause ...

Rebecca Kelly Slaughter and Alvaro Bedoya, who were fired from the agency this month, accused President Trump in a lawsuit of executive overreach. By David McCabe Reporting from Washington Two ...

Bedoya’s term expires in 2026 and Slaughter’s is up in 2029. Bedoya was nominated to the FTC under President Joe Biden, while Slaughter was first nominated by President Donald Trump.

Two Federal Trade Commission members who were fired this month have filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration, arguing on Thursday that the decision violated a long-established legal precedent ...

More than 250 Democratic lawmakers are urging a judge to rule that President Donald Trump lacked authority to fire Federal Trade Commissioners Alvaro Bedoya and Rebecca Kelly Slaughter.

Federal Trade Commission commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter testifies during a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 8, 2019, regarding ...

Rebecca Kelly Slaughter and Alvaro Bedoya’s lawsuit seeks back pay and reinstatement under the Supreme Court’s 90-year-old precedent that has enabled for-cause removal protections for ...

The case against Facebook owner Meta alleges the company bought Instagram and WhatsApp to wipe out competition.

Alvaro Bedoya and Rebecca Kelly Slaughter sought expedited treatment, opens new tab of their case, saying U.S. District Judge Loren AliKhan in Washington has everything she needs to decide the ...