Trump's first week: Congress, courts consider their "checks and balances"
In his first week back in office, Trump wasted no time shattering norms – from a blizzard of transformative executive orders, ...
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Checks and balances? Congress 'not going to stand up' to Trump
The Trump administration is freezing federal loans and grants but says social security, medicare and SNAP benefits are not impacted. NBC News senior White House correspondent Garrett Haake, MSNBC ...
Trump's White House return: Testing checks and balances
Some legal experts argue Trump's earliest days are showing how he'll test the limit of power but also checks and balances ...
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Opinion: Will America’s checks and balances survive the Trump ‘Politburo?’
Ben Franklin warned that we had “a republic if you can keep it.” And the phrase that famous baseball announcer Mel Allen used to respond to a well struck ball headed for a home run ...
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Lessons on Authoritarianism From Around the World
and checks and balances don’t collapse in an instant. Tyranny takes time. Kiana Cole is a producer with Opinion Video. Adam Westbrook is a producer and editor for Opinion Video. Opinion Video ...
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It’s almost Inauguration Day. Will there be any checks on Trump’s power?
The president is not a dictator, not on “day one” (as Donald Trump has proclaimed) or on any other day. And voters did not elect Trump to be a dictator. He does not have a mandate to change ...