Democrats are pushing a bill prohibiting price gouging at the federal level and giving the Federal Trade Commission another $1 billion and new tools to go after companies charging "grossly excessive" prices.

Decisions are the latest move by commission chairman Andrew Ferguson to reverse actions by his Democratic predecessor Lina Khan

The scammers posed as agents of the Federal Reserve and told a woman that to protect her money and bank accounts accessed through the computer, she should purchase gold bars.

Federal Judge Loren AliKhan has reinstated Rebecca Kelly Slaughter to the Federal Trade Commission, ruling her firing by Donald Trump was illegal. Trump's removal of independent agency officials is contested,

The FTC’s "click-to-cancel" rule would have required companies to make canceling a subscription as simple as signing up. But a federal appeals court blocked the policy days before it could take effect.

A federal appeals court dealt a blow to consumer protection efforts, ruling that services do not have to make it easier for consumers to cancel subscriptions.

The Federal Trade Commission stated the decision to deny Scott Sheffield’s petition to allow him to serve on Exxon Mobil’s board was due to a technicality. But it added that it still “plans to consider his arguments in support of reopening and vacating the final order.