Democrat Robert E. Primus, fired Aug. 27 from the Surface Transportation Board (STB) by Republican POTUS 47, alleges in an amended legal challenge filed in federal district court Dec. 4 that the ...

Separately, in the administration’s first 200 days, only two of 98 Senate-confirmed appointees to the most senior jobs in government were Black. Separately, in the administration’s first 200 days, ...

President Donald Trump has fired one of two Democratic members of the U.S. Surface Transportation Board to break a 2-2 tie before the body considers the largest railroad merger ever proposed. Board ...

Robert Primus, one of two Democratic board members of an independent federal regulatory agency that's considering a proposed $85 billion merger between Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern railroad ...

President Trump fired a board member of a transportation regulator that is weighing a merger between Norfolk Southern and Union Pacific, part of the latest shake-up in the federal government. The ...

WASHINGTON, Aug 28 (Reuters) - The White House said on Thursday it has fired Surface Transportation Board member Robert Primus, as the U.S. rail regulator considers the proposed $85-billion merger of ...

President Trump has moved to fire Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook for alleged mortgage fraud. Cook, a Biden appointee, said she won’t resign and has threatened legal action. Photo: Anna Rose Layden ...

Update 2pm: Adds Primus comment. "This is deeply troubling and legally invalid," Primus wrote in an email to The Wall Street Journal. Primus told the paper he would continue his job as a board member ...

WASHINGTON — The White House said Thursday that it has fired a member of the Surface Transportation Board, a move that comes as the independent federal regulatory agency is considering the proposed ...

The firing by POTUS 47 of outspoken Surface Transportation Board (STB) member and Democrat Robert E. Primus Aug. 27 leaves the five-member agency short two members as it awaits a formal merger ...

Robert E. Primus received an email from the White House terminating his position, but he said he would continue his duties. By Emmett Lindner The White House moved late Wednesday to terminate Robert E ...