WASHINGTON − President Donald Trump has moved to fire Ellen Weintraub, chairwoman of the Federal Election Commission, but she says her termination is invalid and is refusing to step down ...

Ellen Weintraub, the current Federal Election Commission Chair and one of three Democratic members on the committee, posted a letter on X Thursday night from President Trump that says she has been ...

Trump’s move to oust Ellen Weintraub from the FEC has raised legal alarms—yet the commission is already issuing rulings without her. Newsletters Games Share a News Tip. Featured.

President Donald Trump moved this week to fire the chair of the Federal Election Commission, Democrat Ellen Weintraub, the latest in a line of ousters of Democratic-aligned regulators across the ...

Federal Election Commission Commissioner Ellen Weintraub declared Thursday evening that a lay-off notice she received from President Donald Trump will not be enough to remove her from her position ...

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

Ellen Weintraub has been serving as a commissioner on the FEC since 2002. Weintraub said the dismissal letter she got from Trump wasn't a legal way to remove her.

Weintraub showed the letter in her social media post. “You are hereby removed as a Member of the Federal Election Commission, effective immediately,” the White House letter dated Jan. 31 says.

FEC Commissioner and Chair Ellen Weintraub questioned the legal validity of President Donald Trump’s bid to remove her from the role. Newsletters Games Share a News Tip. Featured.

President Trump dismissed Federal Election Commission Chair Ellen Weintraub from service Friday, ending her tenure of more than 20 years on the independent, regulatory agency.

Donald Trump has effectively been made exempt from campaign finance laws because the Federal Election Commission (FEC) refuses to investigate him, FEC Commissioner Ellen Weintraub has said.. In a ...