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Dismantling agencies and firing workers: How Trump is redefining relations with Congress & courts

  • President Donald Trump is issuing directives that may redefine the balance of power between the presidency and the civil service.
  • Trump's actions include firing employees at the Department of Justice despite their protections, challenging the constitutional limits on his power.
  • A memo from the Office of Management and Budget directed a pause on federal spending, reflecting Trump's intent to assert control over appropriations.
  • Scholars confirm that the theory of the unitary executive, which claims that all executive power resides with the president, is a central theme in Trump’s strategy for changing government operations.
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Trump’s Crackdown on This Key Agency Is His Most Chilling Yet

Get ready for “Trump TV.”

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Dismantling agencies and firing workers: How Trump is redefining relations with Congress & courts

Trump claims he has the executive power to dismantle agencies and fire thousands of workers. Will court fights redefine his relations with Congress?

·United States
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'Would turn the Constitution into a warrant': Experts rip far-right theory Trump is pushing

President Donald Trump made numerous executive orders after returning to the White House on January 20, some of which are which are being aggressively challenged in court — from firing more than a dozen inspectors general to an order calling for an end to birthright citizenship (which, Trump's critics say, is flat-out illegal because birthright citizenship is protected by the U.S. Constitution's 14th Amendment).But Trump and some of his MAGA def…

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How a once-fringe theory of presidential power is upending American government

Now the Supreme Court is all that stands in the way of a “unitary executive”

·San Francisco, United States
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Trump and the ‘unitary executive’: The presidential power theory driving his 2nd term

As President Donald Trump works at a breakneck speed to implement his second-term agenda , including wholesale firings and sweeping policy changes, he and his advisers assert his power over the executive branch is complete and can’t be questioned. Still, his flurry of executive actions and orders spark a critical question: Does he have the power he claims to have? Multiple court challenges are underway trying to stop his attempts to end birthrig…

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Trump and the 'unitary executive': The presidential power theory driving his 2nd term

Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — As President Donald Trump works at a breakneck speed to implement his second-term agenda , including wholesale firings and sweeping policy changes, he and his advisers assert his power over the executive branch is complete and can’t be questioned. Still, his flurry of executive actions and orders spark a critical question: Does he have the power he claims to have? Multiple court challenges are u…

·Port Huron, United States
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