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The D.C. Court of Appeal says President Trump can fire two members of independent agencies.

And peers Andrea Shue reports the ruling comes after a lower court ordered the members reinstated.

President Trump fired National Labor Relations Board member Gwen Wilcox in January and

Merit Systems Protection Board member Kathy Harris in February.

Both were Democratic members of independent agencies that handle workplace-related complaints.

Federal law says presidents can only fire members of those

agencies for cause, like neglect of duty or malfeasance. And for 90 years, the Supreme Court has upheld

those restrictions and agencies with multiple members like the two in question. But the Trump administration

says such restrictions are unconstitutional. The government says

the president is accountable for what happens in the executive branch and therefore can control it

as he sees fit. Andrea Shue and PR News. Vice President Vance visited the U.S. Space Force base

in Greenland today. In controversial visit that Greenland's

leaders and many residents say wasn't welcome. Vance made the case for the U.S. to control

Greenland as President Trump wants and says Denmark hasn't done enough for its autonomous territory.

Denmark has not kept pace in devoting the resources necessary to keep this base, to keep our

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