Presidential control over independent agencies could be expanded.

I'm Lisa Lacerra. Fox News.

The Supreme Court seems likely to back President Trump's power to fire independent agency board members

as it hears arguments over the firing of a member of the Federal Trade Commission.

Attorney Amit Agarwal arguing for theTC, noted Congress gave presidents the power to

remove certain agency commissioners for cause.

We're talking about more than two dozen traditional independent agencies that have been

established by statutes and acted by the people's elected representatives and signed into

law, all of them, by democratically elected presidents.

But Chief Justice John Roberts questioned the precedent here, saying one prior ruling in

particular the FTC was relying on, was a husk of itself.

In the opinion itself, it described the powers of the agency it was talking about,

and they're vanishingly insignificant, has nothing to do with what the FTC looks like today.

During arguments, several justices questioned the increasing power of independent agencies.

Fox is Jessica Rosenthal, President Trump's former personal attorney.

Alina Haba has resigned as the top federal prosecutor for New Jersey.

After her appeals court rules, she had been serving in the

post unlawfully. Haba making the announcement in a posting on X, but also wrote that the

administration will continue to appeal. The Trump administration providing some relief for

farmers hit hard by U.S. trade wars. The president announcing a one-time payment totaling $11 billion

for farmers that will be covered by tariff revenue.

This relief will provide much-needed certainty to farmers as they get this year's harvest to market and look ahead to next year's crops, and it'll help them continue their efforts to lower food prices.

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