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Two Democratic commissioners fired from FTC
President Donald Trump fired the only two Democratic members of the Federal Trade Commission, handing the remaining Republican commissioners exclusive control over the agency that oversees antitrust and consumer protection laws and serves as the U.S. government’s primary regulator of the tech industry. FTC Commissioners Alvaro Bedoya and Rebecca Slaughter announced their dismissals on the social media site X, with both calling their firings illegal.
People love the IRS’s free tax filing website. Its future is unclear. (Washington Post)
Submitted by zwalker@benton.org on Fri, 03/14/2025 - 16:14Social Security, facing pressure from DOGE, weighs big cuts to phone service
Under pressure from the U.S.
What’s being lost with the DOGE cuts? These fired feds can tell you. (Washington Post)
Submitted by benton on Wed, 03/12/2025 - 06:37Democrats are focusing on Musk as the main villain in the new Trump era (Washington Post)
Submitted by benton on Mon, 03/10/2025 - 06:35Ukraine fears Musk may cut vital Starlink internet amid Trump pressure
With the pausing of billions of dollars in U.S. military aid and of intelligence sharing with Ukraine, there are fears in the country that billionaire Elon Musk’s vital Starlink internet service could also be cut. Thousands of Starlink terminals are working on Ukraine’s battlefields.