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President Trump has launched a revolution. Will it succeed?
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President Trump has launched a revolution. Will it succeed?

Donald Trump calls himself a revolutionary. Ian Bremmer actually agrees with him, especially when it comes to executive power.

Next up for the US: Constitutional crisis?
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Next up for the US: Constitutional crisis?

President Donald Trump this week issued an executive order that would give him direct control over regulatory agencies that Congress established as independent. This would change the longstanding balance of powers and will likely be challenged as high as the US Supreme Court.

Trump seeks top court’s permission to fire whistleblower protector
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Trump seeks top court’s permission to fire whistleblower protector

The Trump administration on Sunday asked the US Supreme Court to give the green light to its effort to remove Office of Special Counsel leader Hampton Dellinger, a Biden appointee whose job is to protect federal workers who report illicit activities within the government.

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Judge declares White House in defiance of court order on blocked funds

Federal Judge John J. McConnell Jr. ruled Monday that the Trump administration is defying his Jan. 29 order to release billions in federal grants, marking the first explicit judicial declaration of the White House disobeying a court order. Some legal scholars are raising the alarm that a constitutional crisis could be brewing.