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Supreme Court justices appear likely to side with president in FTC firing case

By Andrea Hsu,

Leila Fadel

Published December 9, 2025 at 3:43 AM CST

After hearing arguments Monday, the conservative justices on the Supreme Court seem poised to give the president the power to fire people at independent agencies like the FTC and Federal Reserve.

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