Trump signs executive order challenging independence of FCC, FTC and SEC – The Washington Post

Trump order challenges independence of FCC, FTC and financial regulatorsThe 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.February 18, 2025 at 10:32 p.m. ESTToday at 10:32 p.m. EST7 minPresident Donald Trump signs executive orders Tuesday at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida. (Roberto Schmidt/AFP/Getty Images)By Natalie Allison, Ann E. Marimowand Andrew AckermanWEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday challenging the independence of the nation’s major trade, communications and financial regulators, setting up a potential Supreme Court fight that could give him significantly more power over those agencies’ decisions, budgets and leadership.The executive order, which Trump signed at his private Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, is the latest in a series of executive actions he has taken since returning to office that advance a broad and controversial theory of executive power.