It's a win for Donald Trump's efforts to take control of agencies meant by Congress to be independent from the president.

The National Credit Union Administration expects to lose as many as 257 staff members, or more than 20% of its employees, through voluntary buyouts as part of the Trump administration’s bid to slash the federal workforce.

Questions remain whether Trump can legitimately remove board members from the National Credit Union Administration, and the answers lie in the courts.

Earlier this month, Trump fired Todd Harper and Tanya Otsuka ... Federal law mandates no more than two of NCUA’s three board members can be from the same party. During Trump’s first stint ...

The National Credit Union Administration is facing a staffing shortage and looking for employees to perform more than one job function to meet the agency’s mandate, according to an email obtained by Bloomberg Law.