Biden names two Republican nominees for FTC commissioner, White House says

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden has nominated Virginia Solicitor General Andrew Ferguson and Utah Solicitor General Melissa Holyoak to fill Republican slots at the Federal Trade Commission, the White House said in a statement on Monday. If the U.S. Senate confirms Ferguson and Holyoak, the FTC, which enforces antitrust law and rules against deceptive advertising, will have a Democratic chair, Lina Khan, and two Republican and two Democratic commissioners. Ferguson was chief counsel to U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell from 2019 until 2021. He has also worked for Sena...