Independence-Erosion

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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Trump Installs Economic Adviser on Federal Reserve Board in Unprecedented Dual Role

2025-09-15 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 9/10

The Senate confirmed Stephen Miran to the Federal Reserve Board of Governors in a 48-47 vote while he remained chair of Trump’s Council of Economic Advisers—marking the first time in the Fed’s 111-year history that a Board member simultaneously served as a presidential employee. Though …

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