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FTC commissioner Alvaro Bedoya warns that President Trump's firing of him and Rebecca Kelly Slaughter may lead to corrupt corporate pardons.
The FTC historically had a 3–2 partisan split, with the president's party having a one-seat advantage. But President Trump ...
President Donald Trump’s sudden and unlawful firing of the Federal Trade Commission’s two remaining ... will do for them,” Commissioner Alvaro Bedoya said in some of his first live remarks ...
In a decisive legal move under the banner "Democratic AGs vs Trump FTC firings," attorneys general from 20 states and the District of Columbia filed an amicus brief today in the U.S. District Court ...
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.
The FTC still doesn’t have its full contingent of five commissioners as Trump fired Alvaro Bedoya and Rebecca Kelly Slaughter on March 18. Bedoya made these accusations on social media ...
Two Federal Trade Commission members who were fired this month have filed ... On March 18, Democratic Commissioners Alvaro Bedoya and Rebecca Kelly Slaughter received an email from the White House ...
The Trump administration is set to take on Meta, the social media giant that owns Facebook and Instagram, in court starting ...
The pair, who served as Democrats on the commission, said they were “deeply concerned” that DOGE may access confidential ...
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 ...
Wayne State University law professor Stephen Calkins said he expects FTC Chair Andrew Ferguson and Commissioner Melissa ...
Two Democratic commissioners at the U.S. Federal Trade Commission sought on Friday to expedite their lawsuit challenging ...