The Supreme Court ruled Thursday in favor of President Donald Trump's firing of two Democratic board members of independent ...

The Supreme Court cleared the way Thursday for President Trump to fire two Democratic-appointed independent agency leaders, for now, over the dissents of the court’s three liberal justices.

The move comes as the Trump administration is facing legal scrutiny over its efforts to permanently fire board members at ...

The firings are his administration’s latest test to the limits of presidential power over independent agencies.

"Unfortunately for the President, he did not have the authority to fire me," Commissioner Richard Trumka, Jr., said.

President Donald Trump has fired three Democrats sitting on the five-member Consumer Product Safety Commission.

President Trump fired the three Democrats on the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), a White House official told The Hill, aligning with his view that the president has authority over ...

The agency is led by five commissioners, one who serves as chairman, that serve for multi-year terms. All of the Democrats fired by Trump still had from several months to years left on their term.

Trump fired the three Democrats just days after returning to the White House in January, bringing much of the board’s work to a standstill. Established in response to the 9/11 Commission Report ...