Sep 22, 2025 - Politics & Policy

Supreme Court to consider limits on president's power to fire agency officials

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Rebecca Slaughter, the fired Federal Trade Commission commissioner, wearing brown, shoulder-length hair, a navy jacket, white blouse and two necklaces, looks up during a Senate hearing.

Rebecca Slaughter, the fired Federal Trade Commission commissioner, in Washington, D.C., in 2023. Photo: Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images

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