A new executive order gives President Donald Trump's appointees more power over independent agencies, including how the Fed ...

The order doesn’t apply to the Fed’s monetary policy, but calls for oversight of Fed regulations.

President Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order aiming to expand the White House’s authority over various independent ...

The order is the latest example of Trump’s embrace of a broad and controversial theory of executive power. The White House is ...

A U.S. senator has demanded to know whether the White House has considered firing Democrats on the bipartisan Federal Trade ...

The Trump administration has taken another step to centralize the executive branch with a new order that “reins in ...

Trump’s new EO would effectively bring the FTC, SEC, FDIC under control of the White House’s Office of Management and Budget The White House has already said that Trump has the authority to ...

President Trump’s efforts to expand control over independent agencies tees up a new test of presidential power that is ...

Several agency heads, put in place by the president, are publicly opposing a directive from top Trump ally and billionaire Elon Musk.

In one episode that made headlines, Trump met with then-FTC Chair Joseph Simons in the White House and pushed him to take action on the censorship allegations, as POLITICO reported in August 2020.

The order will require all independent federal agencies and executive branches to submit draft regulations so they can be reviewed by the White ... like the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Federal ...