President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, March 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) WASHINGTON (CN) — A D.C. Circuit panel on Friday opened the door for President Donald Trump to remove independent officials atop the National Labor Relations Board and the Merit Systems Protection Board.

The Trump administration has lost approximately 60% of the court rulings against it since Inauguration Day and won 31%—while another 9% were mixed rulings both in favor and against the administration—based on a total of 191 rulings between Jan. 20 and July 8, with 59 in the government’s favor and 114 against it.

The email went out before any public statement from the White House, suggesting an internal misstep that preempted a formal rollout of the nominees.

The ruling cited a Supreme Court decision in May that allowed President Trump to sideline Democratic appointees from several other nonpartisan agencies.

Granting a preliminary injunction last month, U.S. District Judge James Donato said that unions have demonstrated they can likely prove at trial that Trump's executive order chills protected speech.

A U.S. appeals court on Thursday allowed President Donald Trump to remove a Democratic member from a federal labor board while his administration appeals a ruling that said her firing was illegal and had reinstated her.

Sean O'Brien, the colorful and combative leader of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, is providing an unexpected line to the White House. But does Hollywood want him as its diplomat?

A new emergency appeal is yet another step by the White House to assert sweeping presidential control over executive branch agencies.

The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to remove three Democratic members of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, who were fired by President Donald Trump and then reinstated by a federal judge.