Trump downloads three Democrats to Consumer Product Safety Commission

This decision comes after the Supreme Court is expected to assess whether Trump has the authority to dismiss officials without reason in similar independent agencies, such as the National Labour Relations Board and the Merita System Protection Board, writes. The Washington Post, broadcast Periscope.

Democrat Commissioner Mary Boyle, a longtime agency employee before her appointment and Richard L. Trumka Jr., who won national attention in 2023 for suggesting that CPSC could stop stoves with gas due to internal air pollution, said in statements that they received email from the White House on Thursday, announcing their dismissals. Alex Hoehn-Saric, who had served as CPSC chairman until the beginning of this year, said that on Friday, CPSC task chairman Peter Feldman, a Republican, said the president was also seeking to remove it. /Periscope/