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The Latest: Trump challenges bedrocks of American democracy

The Trump administration has disrupted the federal government by dismantling longstanding programs and challenging Congress's law-making role, leading to public outcry and court cases.
Federal funding to states and nonprofits was temporarily frozen, causing outrage as many services rely on these funds.
Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency is seen as a hostile takeover of the federal government, prompting concerns about democracy.
Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer stated that the actions of the administration are not what democracy looks like in the U.S.

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El Pais

Trump's manual to demolish democracy

Donald Trump’s dreams are big, humid, almost watery, even excessive. One day he dreams of anchoring the pole with the American flag on the island of Greenland, the next with snatching the canal to Panama and shortly after taking over Gaza, cleaning it from the garbage that the war has left – and two million Palestinians – to build a resort on the shores of the Mediterranean. It is the Riviera of the Middle East, a “unbelievable”, “international”…

1 month ago·Spain

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PBS NewsHour

Democracy advocate examines how Trump is changing the U.S. government

The first two weeks of the Trump administration have brought dramatic proposals and unprecedented changes to the government. Our new series, On Democracy, is taking a step back to look at big questions about the changing laws, institutions and norms. For our first interview, Amna Nawaz spoke with Barton Gellman, a longtime journalist and senior adviser at the Brennan Center for Justice.

1 month ago·Washington, United States

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KION

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Trump and Musk are moving to smother these three pieces of the government

By Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump ran his presidential campaign promising to abolish entire federal agencies and departments, but it’s not quite so easy for a president to simply end an organization that was created and funded each year by Congress, which is supposed to be the president’s equal. So the president and his allies, led by Elon Musk, have found a different way to achieve many of the same goals: Put agencies long targeted b…

1 month ago

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Associated Press News

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Protesters across the US rally against Trump and the shuttering of USAID

Hundreds of supporters of the U.S. aid agency rallied in Washington, D.C., to protest the dismantling of the agency.

1 month ago·United States

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Military.com

Trump and Musk's Dismantling of Government Is Shaking the Foundations of US Democracy

Congress is proving little match for the Department of Government Efficiency as wary lawmakers watch it march through the bureaucracy.

1 month ago·San Francisco, United States

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Republic World

Trump and Musk's Actions are Shaking the Foundations of US Democracy

Washington: When Elon Musk debuted the Department of Government Efficiency recently at the Capitol, House Speaker Mike Johnson enthusiastically predicted the coming Trump administration would bring “a lot of change around here.” Three weeks in, the change the Trump administration

1 month ago·Mumbai, India

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