A post by @FirstSquawk on X.

The White House nominated Christopher Mufarrige to serve as a Federal Trade Commission commissioner for a seven-year term beginning September 26. The pick fills one of the seats at the five-member agency, which shares authority over antitrust and consumer-protection enforcement with the Justice Department. Mufarrige's nomination now moves to the Senate, where confirmation would lock in his vote on merger reviews, digital-market competition cases and consumer-privacy enforcement. The appointment matters because the FTC's partisan balance shapes how aggressively it challenges deals and regulates large technology platforms. What to watch next is the Senate Commerce Committee's scheduling of a hearing and whether Mufarrige signals any shift in the agency's enforcement posture.