The case could effectively end the independence of bipartisan agencies. The Supreme Court on Monday appeared likely to allow President Donald Trump to remove a Democratic member of the Federal Trade ...

If Monday’s Supreme Court argument is any indication, the days of “independent” agencies acting as a fourth branch of government are numbered. In Trump v. Slaughter, a solid majority of the justices ...

Dec. 8 (UPI) --The U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments Monday about President Donald Trump's firing of Federal Trade Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter in a case that could upend 90 years of ...

In November 2025, social media users (archived) began posting screenshots (archived) of an email purportedly from PayPal (archived) about money they had apparently received from an "FTC Prime ...

Meta Platforms Inc. won a key court ruling that the company’s acquisitions of the photo-sharing app Instagram and messaging service WhatsApp don’t violate US antitrust law, a blow to the federal ...

A federal judge on Tuesday ruled in favor of Meta as it fought a Federal Trade Commission antitrust challenge of its acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp. In a lengthy ruling, U.S. District Judge ...

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission will suspend several key consumer services during the government shutdown. Consumers will be unable to file fraud complaints or use the national Do Not Call Registry.

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Amazon will pay both the Federal Trade Commission and consumers directly to settle a lawsuit alleging that it used manipulative and deceptive tactics to encourage sign-ups for Prime. The settlement ...

The Supreme Court yesterday allowed President Trump to fire a Democratic member of the Federal Trade Commission and will decide whether to overturn a 90-year-old precedent that says the president ...

Washington — The Supreme Court on Monday said it will decide whether President Trump can fire members of the Federal Trade Commission without cause, taking up a dispute that tests the president's ...

On Monday, the Supreme Court cleared the way for Trump to fire FTC Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter and agreed to decide on the president’s ability to fire the heads of independent agencies. The case ...