Trump fired six of seven Puerto Rico financial oversight board members without cause
On August 5, 2025, the Trump White House terminated five members of Puerto Rico's seven-member Financial Oversight and Management Board (FOMB) — the body Congress created under PROMESA to oversee the territory's fiscal recovery — without stating cause, and fired a sixth member, Andrew Biggs, eight days later after he publicly defended his ousted colleagues. Three of the six sued, and on September 1, 2026, a federal judge made a preliminary injunction permanent, ruling the removals "plainly contrary to law" for lacking cause, notice, or any opportunity to respond.