Fired FTC Democrats fear Trump will urge regulator to go easy on his Big Tech donors
Trump fired Democratic FTC commissioners in possible effort to obstruct antitrust investigations of big tech firms
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- Fired FTC Democrats fear Trump will urge regulator to go easy on his Big Tech donors (2025-03-18)
- Trump fires Democratic FTC commissioners (2025-03-18)
- Fired FTC commissioner warns of a Trump power grab (2025-03-20)
- Trump fires FTC commissioners, setting up a legal battle (2025-03-18)
- FTC commissioner fired by Trump says move threatens agency designed to protect consumers (2025-03-18)
- Elon Musk's Starlink Terminal Installed on White House Roof—Security Risks Flagged (2025-06-10)
- House Oversight Democrats Demand Details on White House Starlink Installation (2025-03-28)
- Elon Musk's Starlink internet service installed in White House (2025-03-18)
- Russia will 'undoubtedly' discuss future Mars flights with Musk, Putin envoy says (2025-03-18)
- Putin Envoy Dmitriev Says He Will Hold Talks With Musk About Mars Exploration (2025-03-18)
- Putin Envoy Dmitriev May Visit U.S. This Week, Kremlin Confirms (2025-04-02)
- Treasury watchdog launches audit of DOGE access to federal government's payment system (2025-03-18)
- DOGE released data about federal contract savings. It doesn't add up (2025-02-19)
- 'It's a heist': real federal auditors are horrified by DOGE (2025-03-18)
- NASA cuts raise fears of handing more influence to SpaceX owner Musk (2025-03-18)
- NASA fires chief scientist, more Trump cuts to come (2025-03-10)
- NASA closes offices, lays off staff as it prepares for larger workforce reductions (2025-03-18)
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