Two Federal Trade Commission members who were fired this month have filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration, arguing on Thursday that the decision violated a long-established legal precedent ...

Counsel for Rebecca Kelly Slaughter and Alvaro Bedoya allege Trump unlawfully removed the Democratic FTC commissioners in violation of federal law and a 90-year U.S. Supreme Court precedent.

Bedoya’s term expires in 2026 and Slaughter’s is up in 2029. Bedoya was nominated to the FTC under President Joe Biden, while Slaughter was first nominated by President Donald Trump.

More than 250 Democratic lawmakers are urging a judge to rule that President Donald Trump lacked authority to fire Federal Trade Commissioners Alvaro Bedoya and Rebecca Kelly Slaughter.

Rebecca Kelly Slaughter and Alvaro Bedoya, who were fired from the agency this month, accused President Trump in a lawsuit of executive overreach. By David McCabe Reporting from Washington Two ...

Rebecca Kelly Slaughter and Alvaro M. Bedoya have filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia aiming to reverse President Donald Trump's decision to fire them without cause ...

Former Federal Trade Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, a Democrat, confirmed to lawmakers on Wednesday that she will challenge President Donald Trump's attempt to oust her from the agency.

FTC commissioners Rebecca Kelly Slaughter and Alvaro Bedoya were dismissed from their roles in March, with the administration telling the former commissioners their continued service at the FTC ...

Rebecca Kelly Slaughter and Alvaro Bedoya’s lawsuit seeks back pay and reinstatement under the Supreme Court’s 90-year-old precedent that has enabled for-cause removal protections for ...

Federal Trade Commission commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter testifies during a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 8, 2019, regarding ...

On March 18, 2025, Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter and Commissioner Alvaro Bedoya, who hold the two Democratic seats on the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) were informed that President ...

Federal Trade Commission Commissioners Rebecca Kelly Slaughter (L) and Alvaro Bedoya (R) sit behind FTC Chair Lina Khan © Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Rebecca Kelly ...