With President-elect Donald Trump returning to the White House, a changing of the guard at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), a usually uncontroversial agency, is set to take place within a handful of months.

A change of leadership at the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, a central part of the Biden administration's pro-consumer agenda and a lightning rod for corporate criticism, will likely take months under the Trump administration.

Lina Khan has been hailed by liberal Democrats and even some Republicans as a historic change agent as chair of the Federal Trade Commission, laying out a far-reaching doctrine for checking corporate power and calling out some of Silicon Valley’s biggest ...

Chair Federal Trade Commission Lina Khan shakes hands with U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-FL during a break before the House Judiciary Committee in a hearing on "Oversight of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Capitol Hill in Washington,