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Federal Trade Commission
U.S. federal government agency (independent regulator, now under presidential control)
The FTC is a U.S. government agency, not an independent news outlet. It enforces consumer-protection and antitrust law and publishes press releases and statements about its own work. Its messaging now reflects the Trump administration's priorities because the Supreme Court ruled in June 2026 that the President can remove commissioners at will, and the commission currently has only Republican members.
Owned byOwned by the U.S. federal government. It is an executive-branch regulatory agency created by Congress in 1914, not a news outlet. It is run by a commission whose members the President appoints with Senate confirmation. As of 2026 only two Republican commissioners remain: Chairman Andrew Ferguson and Mark Meador.
LeaningU.S. federal government agency (independent regulator, now under presidential control)
On the administrationbroadly supportive
4average bias score across 1 story
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun