Democratic FTC Commissioners Sacked by Trump Administration (1)

The Trump administration dismissed two Democrats on the US Federal Trade Commission, in the latest move by the White House to assert control over US agencies.

The commissioners, Alvaro Bedoya and Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, were told of their dismissal Tuesday in an email from the White House personnel office. The five-member FTC enforces antitrust and consumer protection laws, including those related to the privacy of financial information and children online.

“The president just illegally fired me,” Bedoya said Tuesday in a social media post. “This is corruption plain and simple.”

“Today the President illegally fired me from ...