‘Hobbled’ Campaign Finance Regulator Cancels Public Meetings Until 2026

‘Hobbled’ Campaign Finance Regulator Cancels Public Meetings Until 2026

The Federal Election Commission has canceled all of its scheduled public meetings until 2026 — a tacit acknowledgement that the agency’s months-long de facto shutdown at the hands of President Donald Trump won’t end anytime soon.The imminent departure of the last remaining Republican commissioner, Trey Trainor, who announced his resignation Thursday, prompted the FEC to axe the FEC’s remaining meetings in 2025 while it still had the numbers to d…