A federal judge has restored a Democrat to the Federal Trade Commission, ruling that President Donald Trump illegally fired her earlier this year in his efforts to exert control over independent agencies across the government.

The ruling upholds protections afforded to officers of the "quasi legislative or quasi judicial agencies" created by Congress.

The Federal Trade Commission is continuing to police operations that bill themselves as offering consumer debt relief. According to a news release, a federal

Trump administration's dismissal of FTC member Rebecca Slaughter was overturned by a D.C. judge who cited the agency's century-old independence safeguards.

Democrats are pushing a bill prohibiting price gouging at the federal level and giving the Federal Trade Commission another $1 billion and new tools to go after companies charging "grossly excessive" prices.

A federal judge ruled Thursday that President Trump’s firing of a Democratic commissioner at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) was illegal. U.S. District Judge Loren AliKhan, an appointee of former President Biden,

Act 624 of 2025 bans pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) from holding a permit to operate a drug store in Arkansas after Jan. 1, 2026. PBMs negotiate prescription benefits among drug manufacturers, distributors, pharmacies and health insurance providers, and the biggest ones also own pharmacies and insurers.

Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani has proposed a network of five city-owned grocery stores to lower food prices and food insecurity, but U.S. Rep. Mike Lawler has introduced legislation to have the

Key Investment Group (KIG), a leading secondary market ticketing company, filed a lawsuit today in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland against the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).