How much control should Presidents have over independent agencies?

How much control should Presidents have over independent agencies?

Independent agencies are often small, but can have a large impact on regulations in many fields from finance to trade to communications. Recently, many of them were the first ones subjects to budget and staffing cuts by the White House and its Department of Government Efficiency. How do the voters feel, though, about a President exerting controls over agencies that are supposed to be independent? Federal News Network’s Eric White recently spoke …

OP-ED: U.S. president should not have sole nuclear launch authority

Currently, the United States president has the sole authority to launch nuclear weapons. That is a terrifying amount of power for one person, especially when mistakes or snap decisions could lead to global consequences. With the push of a button, a single leader could initiate a nuclear war, causing calamity and disaster.  This decision is...