Supreme Court lets Trump fire FTC official
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The U.S. Supreme Court could have a major impact on the 2026 midterm elections as it considers three cases that could change voting rights or election laws.
Officials are on a winning streak at the high court, in part due to a strategy of selecting cases most likely to find favor with the conservative majority.
The petition comes one day after Lisa Cook joined Fed Chair Jerome Powell in an 11-1 vote for a quarter-point cut to the federal funds rate.
Campbell, originally from Glasgow, was convicted of murdering Doris Ludlam, 80, Bridget Bourke, 88, Irene Crookes, 79, and Ethel Hall, 86, after a trial at Newcastle Crown Court. He was also found guilty of attempting to murder 90-year-old Vera Wilby and sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 30 years.
President Trump has tested his ability to remove leaders of agencies set up to be protected from arbitrary firings.
The Supreme Court allowed Trump to fire the last Democrat on the FTC. A Trump adviser was named interim U.S. attorney for Eastern Virginia. What to know: Lindsey Halligan, a Trump adviser with no prosecutorial background, was today sworn in as interim U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia.
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Trump asks the Supreme Court to allow him to enforce transgender and nonbinary passport policy
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