High court issues split decisions on Trump’s control of executive board members

By: Ashley Murray

Outlets: DC Bureau (States Newsroom)

Published: June 29, 2026

Words: 1,058

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 3 days ago

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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court handed President Donald Trump both a win and a loss Monday in allowing his firing of Federal Trade Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter, but ruling that he cannot remove Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve's board of governors.

The 6-3 decision in Trump’s favor in the Federal Trade Commission case essentially expands the president’s authority over agency governing panels, further calling into question which bodies are independent of the executive branch.

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