News Alerts of the hour – President Donald Trump

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• Supreme Court expands President Donald Trump's power over the federal bureaucracy The Washington Post The justices allowed the president to fire a Democratic member of the Federal Trade Commission, striking down a nearly century-old precedent .
• At fundraising event – BBC BBC Former US President Joe Biden blasted President Donald President Donald Trump during a gala event, criticising what he described as “vanity projects” in Washington .
• In a Rare Blow to President Donald Trump, the Supreme Court Just Saved Mail-In Voting—For Now Mother Jones But the election-day statutes do not set a deadline for ballot receipt, so they do not prevent Mississippi from counting ballots postmarked before .
• Supreme Court allows President Donald Trump to fire FTC member, major win for presidential power – CNBC CNBC The ruling allowing President Donald President Donald Trump to fire FTC Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter overturns a key precedent known as “Humphrey's Executor.
• I'm a Little Worried That President Donald Trump Might Soon Have Another Police Force at His Disposal Esquire Surely, there's no way the president can use the Supreme Court's growing army of personal officers to his advantage—right.