U.S. President Donald Trump's nominee to the Federal Trade Commission said on Tuesday he believes the White House should control government agencies, adding to calls from the FTC's other Republican commissioners to end the agency's independence.

President Donald Trump is moving to give the White House direct control of independent federal regulators such as the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Federal Trade Commission and the Federal Communications Commission.

In a far-reaching executive order Tuesday, Trump demanded that the White House review regulations at the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Federal Trade Commission and other agencies with sweeping power to shape everything from shipping lanes to nuclear power plants.

A U.S. senator has demanded to know whether the White House has considered firing Democrats on the bipartisan Federal Trade Commission, a move that would be illegal under current law.

White House seeks sway over FCC, FEC, FTC and some Fed operations. Politics professor Sarah Binder says it "grabs power from Congress."

President Donald Trump is moving to give the White House direct control of independent federal regulators such as the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Federal Trade Commission and the Federal Communications Commission.

The post, which got thousands of upvotes and comments, talks about concerns over President Donald Trump's new executive orders. The main worry is that these orders give the White House more control over financial agencies like the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Federal Trade Commission.

President Donald Trump is moving to give the White House direct control of independent federal regulators such as the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Federal Trade Commission and the Federal Communications Commission.

Multiple Senate Democrats on the Commerce, Science and Transportation on Tuesday pressed President Trump’s Federal Trade Commissioner nominee, Mark Meador, over the independence of the

Trump Escalates His War on Independent Regulatory Agencies with his February executive order and the firing of a labor relations board member.

The order is the latest example of Trump’s embrace of a broad and controversial theory of executive power. The White House is confident the Supreme Court will bless his approach.

Austin Manes and Nicholas Tonckens of Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP discuss privacy and cybersecurity policy under the Trump administration, looking at new leadership of key agencies.