The Supreme Court on Monday issued an order that said President Donald Trump could fire a member of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), for now, despite federal law that restricts the president’s ...

The Supreme Court on Monday temporarily allowed President Donald Trump to fire a Democratic member of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) after the commissioner sued over her dismissal. The president, ...

Ousted Federal Trade Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter is asking the Supreme Court to rule that President Donald Trump lacked authority to fire her. In papers filed late last week, Slaughter urged ...

The short-term order, known as an administrative stay, is designed to give the justices more time to review Trump’s emergency request to fire Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, who has served on the FTC since ...

Supreme Court justices seemed open Monday to overruling a 90-year precedent that has prevented presidents from removing members of independent agencies at will in a case that could reshape the balance ...

Ousted Federal Trade Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter's bid for reinstatement is drawing support from more than 30 former agency officials, including ex-Federal Communications Commission chair Tom ...

The Supreme Court is hearing arguments over President Trump's firing of former Federal Trade Commission member Rebecca Kelly Slaughter as it considers Mr. Trump's use of the presidential power. CBS ...

Rebecca Kelly Slaughter was a powerful - but low-profile - bureaucrat when a New York Times news alert popped up on her phone blasting to the world her firing by President Donald Trump. The Democratic ...

At issue is whether President Trump can fire Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, whom Trump appointed in 2018, during his first term, to fill a Democratic seat on the Federal Trade Commission. (Elizabeth Gillis ...