FTC Case Against Drug Middlemen to Continue With Chairman’s Move

An FTC in-house case against major US drug middlemen that was thrown in limbo by President Donald Trump’s firing of two Democratic commissioners will continue to move forward after chairman Andrew Ferguson elected to get involved in the matter.

Ferguson, who had previously recused himself from the case along with his Republican colleague Melissa Holyoak, said he changed his decision in light of the firings of Alvaro Bedoya and Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, who at the time of their dismissals were the only commissioners overseeing it.

He posted on X Thursday that he had recused himself from the vote authorizing the ...