Democrat Shana Broussard formally became the FEC's new chair on Tuesday, taking the reins of a quorum-less agency.

But Trump removed former Chair Ellen Weintraub, a Democrat, in February and didn’t lay out any process to replace her. Weintraub argued her unilateral removal by Trump was illegal, but her seat ...

But Trump removed former Chair Ellen Weintraub, a Democrat, in February and didn’t lay out any process to replace her. Weintraub argued her unilateral removal by Trump was illegal, but her seat ...

“At the end of the day, without a quorum, the FEC is a watchdog that doesn’t have the ability to bark or bite,” he said. The lack of quorum is a rarity in the agency’s 50-year history but not entirely ...

Two of the three current commissioners, Broussard and James Trainer III, are serving on expired terms. But Trump removed former Chair Ellen Weintraub, a Democrat, in February and didn’t lay out any ...

In a statement calling the claim "astonishing," FEC Commissioner Ellen Weintraub said, "The scheme the President of the United States alleges would constitute thousands of felony criminal offenses ...

At a few federal agencies, officials have managed to maintain their positions in defiance of Trump’s efforts to remove them.

Congress designed the Federal Election Commission and the Election Assistance Commission to be “independent agencies” in various respects. See, e.g., S. Rep. No. 93689, at 16 (1974) (emphasizing that ...