United States President, Donald Trump on Tuesday fired two Democratic commissioners at the Federal Trade Commission, FTC, in another major test of the independence of regulatory agencies. The White House confirmed the sacking of Democratic Commissioners Alvaro Bedoya and Rebecca Kelly Slaughter.

The decision to fire the two members of the traditionally independent regulatory body is likely to face a legal challenge.

President Donald Trump has fired two Democratic members of the Federal Trade Commission, intensifying efforts to exert his administration’s control over independent agencies across the government