Alvaro Bedoya

Supreme Court Allows Trump to Fire FTC Commissioner Slaughter, Threatens Independent Agencies

2025-09-22 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 10/10

The Supreme Court cleared the way for Trump to fire FTC Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter, overturning lower court rulings that had ordered her reinstatement after Trump fired her and fellow Democrat Alvaro Bedoya in March 2025. The Court agreed to hear arguments in December on whether to overturn …

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Fired US Federal Trade Commissioners Sound Alarm on Potential Data Access Misuse

2025-04-10 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 9/10

Democratic FTC Commissioners Slaughter and Bedoya warned that the Trump administration’s ‘Department of Government Efficiency’ (DOGE) was seeking access to highly sensitive, confidential business records that could potentially manipulate markets. They emphasized that under no …

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