WASHINGTON—President Trump signed an executive order that seeks to give his political appointees far-reaching control over ...

A U.S. senator has demanded to know whether the White House has considered firing Democrats on the bipartisan Federal Trade ...

The Trump administration has taken another step to centralize the executive branch with a new order that “reins in ...

Trump’s new EO would effectively bring the FTC, SEC, FDIC under control of the White House’s Office of Management and Budget The White House has already said that Trump has the authority to ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday challenging the independence of the nation’s major trade, communications and financial regulators, setting ...

President Trump’s efforts to expand control over independent agencies tees up a new test of presidential power that is ...

Trump ordered independent agencies like the Federal Trade Commission, Securities and Exchange Commission and Federal ...

The executive order would affect agencies like the SEC and FDIC, but it excludes the Federal Reserve's Board of Governors and ...

The president says the move will increase “supervision” over independent agencies. His critics say it’s alarming.

Congress created the FTC to enforce antitrust and consumer ... bipartisan multi-member agencies from direct control by the White House. Trump has nonetheless asserted control over independent ...

In one episode that made headlines, Trump met with then-FTC Chair Joseph Simons in the White House and pushed him to take action on the censorship allegations, as POLITICO reported in August 2020.