President suggests 80% China tariff; Pope Leo XIV’s social media scrutinized

The CPSC’s official web site now lists Trumka, Boyle and Hoehn-Saric, who’re all Democrats, as “previous commissioners.” The 2 remaining commissioners, Doug Dziak and performing CPSC chair Peter Feldman, are each Republican.

The firings occurred after the Democratic commissioners opposed an effort to convey two staffers from the Division of Authorities Effectivity (DOGE) to the CPSC, the place they deliberate to put off company employees, Trumka mentioned.

“I refused to be complicit with the efforts of DOGE to destroy the company devoted to defending our nation’s shoppers,” Boyle mentioned in a press release. “I spoke out forcefully and unequivocally towards efforts to strip the company of certified professionals whose work ensures that customers can trust within the merchandise they purchase.”

A White Home price range doc outlined the administration’s plans to get rid of the CPSC and put the Division of Well being and Human Providers answerable for overseeing product security as an alternative.  

The White Home didn’t reply instantly to a request for remark.

Trump has fired members of different impartial businesses, together with the Federal Commerce Fee and the Nationwide Labor Relations Board.

Final month, the Supreme Courtroom issued a provisional choice that Trump was not required, for now, to reinstate two members of impartial businesses who had contested their terminations.