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'Dangerous' power grab: Trump moves to seize agencies in 'giant gift' to corporations
U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order aimed at bringing the nation's independent ...
Married women could face new obstacles to vote. This is what conservatives want. | Opinion
Remember when people told us we were crazy for saying Roe could be overturned? Now we have a bill that could make voting ...
Nassau County faces lawsuit over executive power, following a trend seen across U.S., lawyers say
The Nassau Democrats’ lawsuit against Republican County Executive Bruce Blakeman’s creation of an armed citizen deputy ...
Trump Issues Order to Expand His Power Over Agencies Congress Made Independent
The president has already challenged statutory protections against summarily firing officials overseeing such agencies ...
Firing civil servants and dismantling government departments is how aspiring strongmen consolidate personal power – lessons from around the globe
Whether by shuffling agency personnel, creating new agencies, or limiting their capacity for oversight, a common tactic among ...
President Trump Suggests He’s Above the Law in Social Media Post Invoking Napoleon
Trump suggested he’s above the law as his administration challenges the courts’ authority to rein in his rule.
Trump repeats alleged Napoleon quote: 'He who saves his Country does not violate any Law'
In February 2025 social media posts, U.S. President Donald Trump shared this quote usually attributed to French Emperor ...
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Q&A: What Gives Courts the Power To Review Congress and the President?
A U.S. Supreme Court decision more than two centuries ago grants the federal courts power to decide if laws and orders ...
Congress, not the president, decides on spending—a constitutional law professor explains the 'power of the purse'
Because of the Trump administration's efforts to cut staff and spending, Congress' "power of the purse" has been in the news ...
Tracking the Lawsuits Against Trump’s Agenda
On his first day back in office, Mr. Trump signed an executive order to end birthright citizenship. Under the order, the ...
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JD Vance Warns About “Running in Fear of Your Voters,” Says Elon Musk Is Not Committing “Election Interference”
Speaking at the Munich Security Conference in a fractious Germany that is seeing an alarming rise of the far-right AfD party -- with vocal support from foreign actors like the world's richest man, El ...