Federal Election Commission Commissioner Ellen Weintraub declared Thursday evening that a lay-off notice she received from President Donald Trump will not be enough to remove her from her position.

Democrats have asked U.S. District Judge Amir Ali for a block on President Donald Trump’s attempt to gain more power over the ...

The attempt to dismiss the Chair of the Federal Election Commission comes as the Trump administration continues to remove senior officials across the US government. CNN notes that the FEC oversees ...

President Donald Trump's efforts to bring the executive under his full control would gut the FEC's longstanding independence, Democrats warn.

Amid all of Donald Trump’s power grabs over the past six weeks, one little-noticed executive order may in the long run have ...

In a letter dated January 31, 2025, President Trump informed FEC Chair Ellen Weintraub that she is "hereby removed as a Member of the Federal Election Commission, effective immediately.” ...

National Democrats asked a judge Tuesday to issue a preliminary injunction halting an executive order signed by President ...

Trump issued an executive order in February ... “Received a letter from POTUS today purporting to remove me as Commissioner & Chair of @FEC,” Weintraub said in a Feb. 6 post on X.