Xi Jinping hails ‘unstoppable’ China as Trump accuses Beijing of conspiring against US
President Xi Jinping declared China’s “great rejuvenation” unstoppable on Wednesday as he used the country’s largest-ever military parade to hint at reunification with Taiwan and to flaunt advanced weapons designed to rival American power. Xi said the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) would “resolutely safeguard national sovereignty, unity and territorial integrity,” underscoring Beijing’s ambitions toward Taiwan. “The great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation is unstoppable,” he added. The 70-minute spectacle marked the 80th anniversary of Japan’s surrender in World War II. Thousands of troops goose-stepped through Tiananmen Square, followed by columns of tanks, missile carriers and drones. Xi has repeatedly set 2027, the 100th anniversary of the PLA, as a deadline for military modernization — a timeline U.S. officials warn could coincide with preparations for an invasion of Taiwan. TRUMP CLAIMS PUTIN, XI, KIM ARE CONSPIRING AGAINST THE US AFTER MILITARY PARADE IN CHINA China showed off its full nuclear triad — missiles launched from land, sea and air. That included the DF-41 intercontinental ballistic missile, capable of traveling 12,400 miles, putting the U.S. mainland within range. Analysts paid special attention to what appeared to be a new DF-61 hypersonic missile carried on a WS2400 truck. The weapon is believed to be designed to outpace U.S. missile defenses. Submarine-launched ballistic missiles and long-range bombers rounded out the display of nuclear muscle. The PLA also rolled out stealth drones — like the GJ-11 “Sharp Sword” UCAV and other “loyal wingman” drones — alongside AI-enhanced tanks, hypersonic weapons, underwater drones and other futuristic systems. Amphibious assault vehicles hinted at preparations for a Taiwan contingency. Beijing also highlighted cyber and space capabilities, signaling ambitions beyond conventional battlefields. Xi watched the procession flanked by Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un — a not-so-subtle signal of solidarity among America’s adversaries. PUTIN AND XI DEEPEN TIES AS IRAN, NORTH KOREA LEADERS VISIT BEIJING After the parade, Putin and Kim met behind closed doors for two hours. Putin thanked Kim for supporting Russia’s war in Ukraine, Chinese state media reported. President Donald Trump weighed in on Truth Social, addressing Xi directly: “Please give my warmest regards to Vladimir Putin, and Kim Jong Un, as you conspire against The United States of America.” Around two dozen world leaders watched from the stands, including Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian. Only two heads of state from Europe — Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico — accepted China’s invitation, as Western allies largely stayed away. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te dismissed the spectacle as “psychological intimidation.” The show of force came just months after the U.S. staged its own military parade in Washington to mark the Army’s 250th birthday, in a signal that China intends to match and eventually surpass American military power.
House Dem lashes out at pro-Israel ‘motherf—ers’ during fiery speech: ‘We ain’t going anywhere’
Democratic member of “the Squad,” Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., unleashed on the United States and pro-Israel politicians in a fiery, expletive-filled speech at the “People’s Conference for Palestine” in Detroit on Sunday. Tlaib, who is the first person of Palestinian descent to be elected to Congress, railed against Israeli leaders and supporters of Israel, shouting, “I want to say to all of them, every genocide enabler, look at this room motherf—ers, we ain’t going anywhere.” “They thought they could rape us, kill us, violently uproot us from our olive tree farms, starve our children to death, and we would disappear. Well, guess what, now we’re in Congress, and we’re in every corner of the United States,” she said, adding, “We are just getting started.” Tlaib also drilled into the United States as an “empire in Washington, D.C.,” saying, “the political structures that I have to work in, that we all are surrounded by, was built on slavery and genocide and rape and oppression.” AOC CAMPAIGN DENIES LINK TO WOMAN CHARGED WITH ‘TERRORISTIC THREAT’ AGAINST SCHOOL OVER JEWISH STUDENTS Taking aim at the Trump administration, Tlaib claimed that “what’s been tested on the killing fields of Gaza is already being deployed right here in the streets of America.” “What our government is willing to do to Palestinians, they are willing to do to all of you,” she asserted. “It is no surprise to me, as the daughter of Detroit, that I see our government, that has supplied the bombs and excuses Israel from destroying literally every single day hospitals, communities in Gaza, and manufacturing mass starvation, is also the same government that’s defunding healthcare and food assistance programs here in our country.” “Gaza is the compass in this country,” said Tlaib. Tlaib previously came under bipartisan criticism after sharing a video on social media that included the phrase “From the river to the sea,” a pro-Palestinian liberation slogan. ‘SQUAD’ MEMBERS ‘DECIDE TO LIE AND TWIST FACTS’ ABOUT ISRAEL’S HISTORY, SAYS PROMINENT ARAB ACTIVIST In 2023, the House of Representatives voted to censure Tlaib for anti-Israel comments made in the wake of the Jewish nation’s war against Hamas. The People’s Conference for Palestine, organized by a dozen pro-Palestinian groups, began Friday and ran through Sunday. Even before it started, the event drew scrutiny for featuring speakers with extremist views, including two former prisoners of Israel released in a Hamas deal. The conference opened on Friday afternoon with an elaborate ceremony, in which a speaker, after leading the crowd in chants, invited attendees to rise for “our national anthem” as a band began playing a song in a foreign language. People wearing keffiyehs proceeded in, holding Palestinian flags. During a panel at the conference, another speaker, Sachin Peddada, a Ph.D. student in economics and research coordinator at Progressive International, called the U.S. “evil” and repeatedly ripped on the country as an “empire” motivated by greed. ‘SQUAD’ ERUPTS IN FURY AS TRUMP TAKES BOLD ACTION AGAINST IRANIAN NUCLEAR THREAT Peddada urged the pro-Palestinian movement to “destroy the idea of America in Americans’ heads so that they can see the humanity of everybody outside the warping of American exceptionalism and imperialism and all these evil things.” “To obfuscate that point or beat around the bush there does not serve us; we live in an evil country, that’s just what’s happening,” he said as the crowd broke into applause.
New ICE detention facility ‘Louisiana Lockup’ opens at notorious prison
FIRST ON FOX – A new Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility dubbed “Louisiana Lockup” is now open at the notorious Louisiana State Penitentiary to house some of the “worst of the worst” criminal illegal migrants. Fifty-one migrants have already been moved to the facility, a Department of Homeland Security official told Fox News. The prison, known as Angola prison, sits on 18,000 acres, and was once named the “bloodiest prison in the South” for its harsh conditions. According to the Angola Museum, the prison earned the nickname in 1962 because stabbings became so common. Inmates sued the state in the early 1970s over the harsh conditions, and a federal court mandated reform. DHS PLANS ‘CORNHUSKER CLINK’ DETENTION CENTER AS TRUMP EXPANDS IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is partnering with Louisiana to use a portion of the prison to expand detention space by 416 beds. The funding comes from the “One Big Beautiful Bill,” which allows ICE to add 80,000 new detention beds to help ramp up deportations. The detainees will be housed in an unused section called Camp J, which was once known as the “Dungeon” because most of the cells were used for solitary confinement. In late July, Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry declared a state emergency to allow expedited repairs of Camp J. “Louisiana Lockup” is the latest facility to be converted into an ICE detention facility, after “Alligator Alcatraz” in Florida, “Cornhusker Clink” In Nebraska and “Speedway Slammer” in Indiana. LAWSUITS THREATEN TO UPEND ALLIGATOR ALCATRAZ OPERATIONS “Today, we’re announcing a new partnership with the state of Louisiana to expand detention space,” Secretary Kristi Noem said. ”Thank you to Governor Landry for his partnership to help remove the worst of the worst out of our country. If you are in America illegally, you could find yourself in CECOT, Cornhusker Clink, Speedway Slammer, or Louisiana Lockup. Avoid arrest and self deport now using the CBP Home App.” “Criminal illegal aliens beware: Louisiana Lockup is where your time in America ends,” Landry said. “Louisiana Lockup will give ICE the space it needs to lock up some of the worst criminal illegal aliens—murderers, rapists, pedophiles, drug traffickers, and gang members—so they can no longer threaten our families and communities. This facility fulfills President Trump’s Make America Safe Again promise. I want to thank President Trump, Secretary Kristi Noem, Attorney General Pam Bondi, and ICE Director Madison Sheahan for their leadership and partnership. Together, we’re making Louisiana and America safer.” Below are some of the criminal illegal aliens arrested by ICE New Orleans. “These are the types of violent criminal illegal aliens who could end up being detained at Louisiana Lockup,” DHS said in a statement. FLORIDA TO OPEN ‘DEPORTATION DEPOT’ AT SHUTTERED PRISON WEEKS AFTER LAUNCHING ‘ALLIGATOR ALCATRAZ’ FACILITY
Democratic Sen Cory Booker announces that he’s engaged: ‘She has transformed me’
Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., announced that he got engaged, sharing photos of himself and his fiancée on social media. “Alexis is one of the greatest unearned blessings of my life. She has transformed me, helping me to ground and center my inner life, and discover the joys of building a nurturing home with someone you love,” the senator noted. “I’m thrilled to share: Alexis and I are engaged! I am savoring the soul-affirming wonder of everyday life with my partner, best friend, and now my fiancée,” he continued. SEN. CORY BOOKER REFUSES TO ENDORSE ZOHRAN MAMDANI The posts feature multiple photos of the happy couple, including one of Booker down on one knee, apparently proposing. “We are excited for this journey ahead, having so much fun, and feeling deeply grateful for the love, support, and energy so many of you have shared with us. We are truly blessed to be surrounded by such a beautiful community lifting us in love and commitment,” he added in his post about the engagement. DEMOCRATIC SENATOR DEFENDS WORKING WITH TRUMP AFTER BOOKER’S ‘COMPLICITY’ ACCUSATION Sen. Angela Alsobrooks, D-Maryland, congratulated her colleague. “Congratulations to my dear friend Senator Cory Booker on his engagement! Alexis and Cory, I pray God’s covering over your union and so much love, joy, and abundance now and in the years ahead,” Alsobrooks said in social media posts. FOX NEWS’ JACQUI HEINRICH ENGAGED TO PENNSYLVANIA REP. BRIAN FITZPATRICK Booker has served in the Senate for a little under 12 years.
Trump welcomes Polish president with flyover tribute to fallen fighter pilot
EXCLUSIVE: Eight fighter jets will conduct a flyover when Polish President Karol Nawrocki arrives at the White House Wednesday morning, Fox News Digital has learned. President Donald Trump’s meeting with Nawrocki, whom Trump backed in the Polish elections earlier in 2025, comes amid ongoing negotiations between Poland’s neighboring Russia and Ukraine to end the conflict between the two countries. “President Trump is looking forward to welcoming President Nawrocki to the White House, who recently won a historic election in Poland,” White House spokeswoman Anna Kelly said in a Tuesday statement to Fox News Digital. The “spectacular flyover will honor the memory of a brave Polish fighter pilot whose life was tragically taken too soon and capture the special relationship between our two countries.” Four F-16 fighter jets are slated to perform a missing man formation Wednesday to honor a Polish army F-16 pilot who died in an August crash during a rehearsal for an airshow in Radom, Poland. BACK FROM ALASKA, TRUMP STARTS WEEK WITH CRUCIAL FOREIGN POLICY TALKS OVER UKRAINE WAR Additionally, four F-35 fighter jets will also fly over the White House to recognize the relationship between the U.S. and Poland. The U.S. sells F-35 fighter jets to allies, including Poland, and the State Department signed off on a potential $1.85 billion sale of sustainment equipment for the F-35 to Poland in August. Likewise, the U.S. started training Polish aviators to operate the F-35 in May at Ebbing Air National Guard Base in Arkansas. All crew members participating in the flyover are American. Those flying the F-16 aircraft are from the D.C. Air National Guard based out of Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, and the F-35 pilots are from Tyndall Air Force Base in Florida. A missing man formation occurs during a flyover when one aircraft breaks off from the rest, recognizing the missing or fallen service member. This isn’t the first time a flyover has occurred when the Polish president has visited the White House. One was also conducted in 2019 during Trump’s first term when then-Polish President Andrzej Duda arrived in Washington. RUSSIAN DRONE CRASHES IN POLISH FIELD AS WARSAW PROTESTS AIRSPACE VIOLATION AND PLANS FORMAL COMPLAINT Nawrocki’s visit comes as Russian President Vladimir Putin has escalated his attacks against Ukraine, despite a meeting in August with Trump in Anchorage, Alaska, in an attempt to advance a peace deal. Meanwhile, the Trump administration has sought to work with European allies in recent weeks on nailing down various security guarantees for Ukraine to safeguard against Russian aggression again. While Trump initially said a trilateral meeting with both Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was in the works following his meeting with Putin, Russia has shown disinterest in such a meeting. RUSSIA LAUNCHES LARGEST ATTACK ON UKRAINE THIS MONTH FOLLOWING TRUMP’S MEETINGS WITH PUTIN, ZELENSKYY As a result, Trump said Tuesday there would be consequences if Putin failed to meet with Zelenskyy. “We’re going to see what happens,” Trump told reporters Tuesday. “We’re going to see what they do and what happens. I’m watching it very closely … I want to see it end.” Nawrocki is slated to arrive at the White House at 11 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time.
GOP lawmakers aim to hike penalties on ‘radical Left’ as ICE attacks rise by over 800%
FIRST ON FOX: House Republicans are advancing legislation to stiffen penalties for people convicted of assaulting or impeding Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, escalating the partisan battle over illegal immigration and crime enforcement. Rep. Ashley Hinson, R-Iowa, introduced the “Protect and Respect ICE Act,” backed by Reps. Brad Knott, R-N.C., and Diana Harshbarger, R-Tenn. The measure would double the maximum prison sentence and fines for assaulting, resisting or impeding an ICE agent or employee. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) reported in July that ICE officials experienced an 830% increase in assaults between late January and mid-July compared to the same period in 2024. A Hinson spokesperson told Fox News Digital the bill is intended to deter violence by anti-ICE protesters targeting federal agents. Hinson tied the surge in attacks to progressive activists. “Instead of standing with law enforcement, the radical Left sides with dangerous illegal aliens and even wants to strip ICE agents of the gear that keeps them safe. That’s unacceptable,” she told Fox News Digital. “Anyone who assaults an ICE agent must face the harshest possible punishment.” Congressional Republicans and the Trump administration have already surged resources to ICE since regaining control of the federal government earlier this year. President Donald Trump has also ordered ICE-led raids in major U.S. cities, sparking backlash from Democrats and progressive groups. Chicago is reportedly the latest city preparing for an ICE crackdown, alongside a deployment of National Guard troops. Mayor Brandon Johnson and Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker have both criticized the move. Johnson signed an executive order last week prohibiting Chicago police from cooperating with “any unlawful or unconstitutional actions undertaken by federal law enforcement or U.S. Armed Forces within the City of Chicago.”
Grand juries in Washington, DC decline to indict two accused of threatening to kill Trump
Grand juries in Washington, D.C. refused to indict two people accused of threatening the life of President Donald Trump, prosecutors confirmed to Fox News Digital Tuesday. Officials from the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Washington said both cases involved threats against the president while jurors rejected charges, preventing the cases from moving forward to trial. One case involved Nathalie Rose Jones, who is accused of posting online threats to assassinate Trump and later repeating those threats directly to Secret Service agents during an interview. JEANINE PIRRO SHUTS DOWN REPORTERS QUESTIONING TRUMP’S DC CRIME CRACKDOWN U.S. Attorney for Washington, D.C., Jeanine Pirro, whose office pushed for the indictment, blasted the jury’s refusal on Tuesday. “A Washington D.C. grand jury refused to indict someone who threatened to kill the President of the United States. Her intent was clear, traveling through five states to do so,” Pirro told Fox News in an exclusive statement. “She even confirmed the same to the U.S. Secret Service. This is the essence of a politicized jury. The system here is broken on many levels. Instead of the outrage that should be engendered by a specific threat to kill the president, the grand jury in D.C. refuses to even let the judicial process begin. Justice should not depend on politics,” Pirro added. In a second case, another grand jury declined to indict Edward Alexander Dana, who allegedly threatened to kill Trump while being arrested last month on unrelated charges of vandalism in Northwest D.C. TRUMP SAYS ‘INCOMPETENT’ ILLINOIS GOVERNOR, ‘NO BETTER’ CHICAGO MAYOR SHOULD CALL HIM FOR HELP WITH CRIME According to charging documents, Dana told police he was intoxicated, admitted making the threat and described himself as a descendant of the Huguenots, French Protestants who waged rebellions in the 1600s. Then, magistrate Judge G. Michael Harvey denied a request by prosecutors to keep the jury’s decision sealed, ordering the disclosure of the “no true” bill to Dana’s attorney. Dana’s defense attorney, Elizabeth Mullin, told Fox News Digital she had “never seen anything like it” in over 20 years of practice. “This is the result of them taking weak cases and trying to shoehorn them into federal district court,” Mullin said. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP Meanwhile, Pirro said grand juries in D.C. are politically motivated and unwilling to hold violent or threatening defendants accountable. Last week, she told Fox News that residents were “so used to crime” that they’re increasingly unwilling to indict. On Tuesday, she called the decisions not to indict Jones and Dana “a sign the system is collapsing from within.”
Missing minute in Jeffrey Epstein jail security video revealed in document dump
A newly released congressional video fills a one-minute gap in earlier surveillance from notorious financier Jeffrey Epstein’s jail unit on the night of his 2019 suicide. Two key clips, part of a nearly 34,000-file drop by the House Oversight Committee Tuesday night, revealed the highly contested minute missing from surveillance footage filmed outside Epstein’s cell block in the Metropolitan Correctional Center. The disputed minute lasted from 11:58:59 on August 9, 2019, to midnight on Aug. 10, 2019. GHISLAINE MAXWELL’S FAMILY INSISTS SHE RECEIVED UNFAIR TRIAL IN JEFFREY EPSTEIN CASE Digital forensics experts previously found the clip released by the Department of Justice was chopped from at least two separate video segments and strung together using Adobe Premiere Pro, fueling conspiracy theories that the administration was covering up Epstein’s death. The new drop from the House committee shows the camera data switched at about midnight, leading to a necessary binding of the two clips for a consecutive video. GHISLAINE MAXWELL FOLLOWS PRISON FITNESS ROUTINE, VIDEO SHOWS, AS DOJ’S JEFFREY EPSTEIN MEMO DRAWS HEAT Fox News Digital combined the two clips after the latest release on Tuesday, showing there was indeed no lapse in footage—contradicting Attorney General Pam Bondi’s previous explanation that the last minute of footage is deleted every night. “What we learned from Bureau of Prisons was every night the video is reset, and every night should have the same minute missing,” Bondi previously said in a meeting at the White House. BONDI UNDER SIEGE AFTER DOJ REVEALS NO EPSTEIN CLIENT LIST It is unclear why the footage disappeared, though the minute that was missing from the original drop did not reveal any action inside the jail block. The DOJ found Epstein committed suicide inside his New York City jail cell while awaiting further sex trafficking charges. The attorney general’s office could not immediately be reached by Fox News Digital for comment.
Trump’s Justice Department moves to block blue state from giving financial aid to illegals
President Donald Trump’s United States Attorney General Pam Bondi is moving to block a controversial Illinois law recently signed by Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker extending student financial aid, including in-state tuition rates and scholarships, to illegal immigrants. In a Tuesday statement, the Justice Department announced it had filed a complaint in the Southern District of Illinois against the state, Pritzker, Attorney General Kwame Raoul, also a Democrat, as well as the boards of trustees of Illinois state universities. The DOJ is seeking to block the state from enacting its laws granting illegal immigrants financial aid, which the DOJ is claiming violates federal law by unconstitutionally discriminating against U.S. citizens. In its complaint, the DOJ states that “federal law prohibits providing aliens not lawfully present in the United States with any post-secondary education benefit on the basis of residency unless that benefit is also available to United States citizens and nationals regardless of their residency.” Because of this, the complaint alleges that Illinois’ law is a “blatant and ongoing violation of federal law.” ‘NONSENSICAL’ ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT TUITION POLICY SCRAPPED IN KENTUCKY, BONDI LAWSUIT DEAL In the DOJ statement, U.S. Attorney Steven Weinhoeft for the Southern District of Illinois commented that “Illinois has an apparent desire to win a ‘race to the bottom’ as the country’s leading sanctuary state.” Weinhoeft said that Illinois’ “misguided approach mandating in-state tuition, scholarships, and financial aid to illegal aliens plainly violates federal law” and that “this policy treats illegal aliens better than U.S. citizens living in other states and incentivizes even more illegal immigration, all on the taxpayer’s dime.” “Illinois citizens deserve better,” he said. Bondi commented that “this Department of Justice has already filed multiple lawsuits to prevent U.S. students from being treated like second-class citizens — Illinois now joins the list of states where we are relentlessly fighting to vindicate federal law.” In response to the complaint, a spokesperson for Pritzker’s office told Fox News Digital that “this is yet another blatant attempt to strip Illinoisans of resources and opportunities.” “While the Trump Administration strips away federal resources from all Americans, Illinois provides consistent and inclusive educational pathways for all students – including immigrants and first-generation students – to access support and contribute to our state,” said the spokesperson. “All Illinoisans deserve a fair shot to obtain an education and our programs and policies are consistent with federal laws.” DOJ CALLS FOR TIPS ON EMPLOYERS FAVORING FOREIGN WORKERS IN HIRING PRACTICES In August, Pritzker, who is a rumored 2028 Democratic presidential contender, signed a bill into law opening student financial aid to all Illinois residents, regardless of immigration status, opening a pathway for illegal immigrants residing in the state to receive educational financial benefits. The bill purports to establish “equitable eligibility for financial aid and benefits” for all students in the state. The bill reads that “a student who is an Illinois resident and who is not otherwise eligible for federal financial aid, including, but not limited to, a transgender student who is disqualified for failure to register for selective service or a noncitizen student who has not obtained lawful permanent residence, shall be eligible for financial aid and benefits.” The law has been heavily criticized by parents in the state. In an interview with Fox News Digital, Michelle Cunney, an Illinois mother and local Parents’ Rights in Education chapter leader, called the new law a “nightmare.” JB PRITZKER CLAIMS TRUMP ADMINISTRATION PLANNING AN ‘INVASION’ WITH US TROOPS “To be honest, it’s terrifying that not only are we having to pay for this, as you know, tax-paying citizens … But also, as parents, not knowing how it will really truly end up affecting our children and their education,” explained Cunney. She said that under Pritzker’s leadership, “we know that the children who are not here legally will get … more of a chance and an opportunity to get scholarships and everything than our children, because to Pritzker, and so many others, we are not important. We are not anything other than money.” A spokesperson for Raoul’s office told Fox News’ Digital the office is “reviewing the case and don’t have any further comment.”
Appeals court blocks Trump from firing FTC commissioner in case testing president’s removal powers
A federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., allowed a Biden-appointed member of the Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday to keep her job, at least for now, as part of a lawsuit centered on President Donald Trump’s authority to remove members of independent agencies without cause. In a 2-1 order, a three-judge panel agreed with a lower court that Trump unlawfully fired FTC Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter and that her firing was squarely at odds with Supreme Court precedent. “The government has no likelihood of success on appeal given controlling and directly on point Supreme Court precedent,” the panel wrote, adding that “bucking such precedent is not within this court’s job description.” FTC FIRINGS TAKE SPOTLIGHT IN TRUMP’S FIGHT TO ERASE INDEPENDENCE OF AGENCIES Slaughter was abruptly fired after Trump took office, rehired when Judge Loren AliKhan ruled in her favor in July, and then re-fired days later when the appellate court briefly paused AliKhan’s decision. The three-judge panel, comprising two Obama appointees and one Trump appointee, lifted that pause on Tuesday, which means Slaughter can now return to work. The Trump administration could now seek relief from the full appellate court bench or the Supreme Court. A Department of Justice spokesperson told Fox News Digital the government plans to appeal Tuesday’s order. The Trump appointee on the panel, Judge Neomi Rao dissented, saying the “balance of equities here is ultimately indistinguishable” from other cases where the Supreme Court has temporarily greenlit Trump’s firings. DOJ attorneys had argued for the appellate court to grant the Trump administration a stay and keep Slaughter’s firing in place, pointing to the Supreme Court’s decisions to do the same in recent separate cases involving other independent agencies, including two labor boards. TRUMP’S CONTROVERSIAL PLAN TO FIRE FEDERAL WORKERS FINDS FAVOR WITH SUPREME COURT “The court’s reinstatement of a principal officer of the United States—in defiance of recent Supreme Court precedent staying similar reinstatements in other cases—works a grave harm to the separation of powers and the President’s ability to exercise his authority under the Constitution,” the attorneys wrote. The firings all relate to a 90-year-old Supreme Court ruling in Humphrey’s Executor v. United States, which found that President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s firing of an FTC commissioner was illegal. Firing commissioners without cause, such as malfeasance, before their seven-year tenures were up was a violation of the FTC Act, the high court found. While the Supreme Court has let Trump’s firings at other independent agencies proceed temporarily while the lawsuits play out in the lower courts, Slaughter’s case would present the most blatant question yet to the justices about whether they plan to overturn Humphrey’s Executor. Legal scholars have speculated that the current conservative-leaning Supreme Court has an appetite to reverse or narrow that decision. Trump initially fired both Democrat-appointed members of the five-member FTC at will. Slaughter has vowed to see her lawsuit through to its conclusion, while the other ousted member, Alvaro Bedoya, has since resigned. Slaughter said she plans to be back to work on Wednesday. “Amid the efforts by the Trump admin to illegally abolish independent agencies, incl the Federal Reserve, I’m glad the court has recognized that he is not above the law,” Slaughter wrote on social media. “I’m eager to get back first thing tomorrow to the work I was entrusted to do on behalf of the American people.” Trump also recently fired Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook over mortgage fraud allegations, a move Cook is now challenging in court. That case presents its own unique set of challenges, in part because the Supreme Court said this year that the Federal Reserve was more insulated than other independent agencies.