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President Trump has fired the FTC's two Democrat commissioners
President Donald Trump's efforts to remake the US government continued today with the firing of the two Democratic members of the Federal Trade Commission. This agency has historically had five members: three from the same party as the president and two from the opposing party. The New York Times reported that the president terminated the roles for FTC Commissioners Rebecca Kelly Slaughter and Alvaro Bedoya.
Both Slaughter and Bedoya said today that firing them is illegal. Commissioners' terms can only be ended early for Discover Copy
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