Ellen Weintraub, the current Federal Election Commission Chair and one of three Democratic members on the committee, posted a letter on X Thursday night from President Trump that says she has been ...

WASHINGTON − President Donald Trump has moved to fire Ellen Weintraub, chairwoman of the Federal Election Commission, but she says her termination is invalid and is refusing to step down ...

Trump’s move to oust Ellen Weintraub from the FEC has raised legal alarms—yet the commission is already issuing rulings without her. Newsletters Amazon Prime Day Share a News Tip.

President Donald Trump moved this week to fire the chair of the Federal Election Commission, Democrat Ellen Weintraub, the latest in a line of ousters of Democratic-aligned regulators across the ...

Federal Election Commission Commissioner Ellen Weintraub declared Thursday evening that a lay-off notice she received from President Donald Trump will not be enough to remove her from her position ...

Topline. Federal Election Commission Chair Ellen Weintraub said on X she received a letter from President Donald Trump informing her that she was being removed from office, as she questioned the ...

Weintraub showed the letter in her social media post. “You are hereby removed as a Member of the Federal Election Commission, effective immediately,” the White House letter dated Jan. 31 says.

Ellen Weintraub has been serving as a commissioner on the FEC since 2002. Weintraub said the dismissal letter she got from Trump wasn't a legal way to remove her.

President Trump fired Federal Election Commission Chairwoman Ellen Weintraub on Thursday in a move that the Democratic official claims is illegal.. Weintraub, who has served as an FEC commissioner ...

A Democratic member of the Federal Election Commission says President Trump is trying to improperly remove her from the post. Ellen Weintraub announced Thursday evening that she had received a ...

President Trump dismissed Federal Election Commission Chair Ellen Weintraub from service Friday, ending her tenure of more than 20 years on the independent, regulatory agency.