The order is an assertion of the fascistic theory of the “unitary executive,” which has no constitutional basis but is likely ...

President Donald Trump is moving to give the White House direct control of independent federal regulators such as the ...

The Center for American Rights, a nonprofit that has filed a number of complaints about media companies to regulators, asked ...

White House seeks sway over FCC, FEC, FTC and some Fed operations. Politics professor Sarah Binder says it "grabs power from ...

The executive order puts independent federal agencies under the watch of Office of Management and Budget Director Russell ...

The chairman of the FCC, Brendan Carr, slammed his predecessors at the department after criticisms they sent at him over his ...

The executive order is likely to be challenged in court. Separately, the Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to ...

President Trump signed an executive order Tuesday to expand his control over “so-called independent agencies” in a bid to ...

Media and Democracy Project filed an appeal to the FCC after Brendan Carr revived Biden-era petitions against liberal networks but not Fox Corporation.

The president has already challenged statutory protections against summarily firing officials overseeing such agencies ...