A federal judge has ruled President Donald Trump can't fire the head of the federal labor relations watchdog, dealing another blow to his attempt to consolidate power over federal safeguards.

A federal judge handed President Donald Trump another loss in court this week in a ruling on a case involving a fired member of a board that supervises labor disputes. U.S. District Judge Sparkle Sooknanan ordered the reinstatement on Wednesday of Susan Grundmann to her post on the Federal Labor Relations Authority.

A federal judge said on Wednesday that President Donald Trump lacked the power to remove a Democratic member from the Federal Labor Relations Authority and ordered that Susan Tsui Grundmann be reinstated.