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ANKARA A federal appeals court has reinstated a Democratic member of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), ruling that President Donald Trump acted unlawfully when he fired her earlier this year. Trump dismissed commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter and fellow Democratic commissioner Alvaro Bedoya in March. A district court had ordered Slaughter’s return in July, but the Justice Department obtained an emergency stay. In a 2-1 decision Tuesday, the appeals court lifted that stay, saying “the

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