What Trump is doing to the US government is not a spoils system
We will not know the extent or the success of President Donald Trump’s purge of the federal bureaucracy for some time. There ...
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The Price of Trump’s Power Politics
The United States’ political system also puts Trump at a disadvantage. Both China and Russia exercise near-complete control over their populations, using fear, surveillance, and repression to keep ...
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The ‘Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly’ of the United States Government
Elon Musk is not the president, but it does appear that he—a foreign-born, unelected billionaire who was not confirmed by ...
Trump Argues That Courts Cannot Block Musk’s Team From Treasury Systems
The president’s lawyers argued that the distinction between civil servants and political appointees was unworkable and ...
Judge modifies order allowing Senate-confirmed political appointees access to payment systems
A New York federal judge modified a temporary restraining order that prevents DOGE employees from accessing Treasury payment systems ...
Political ugliness in Washington, St. Paul
Last week, in his final State of the Union address, President Obama said a future of peace, prosperity and opportunity is attainable in the United States, “if we fix our politics” and it will only ...
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Court gives Trump team more access to payment systems that feed CMS, but blocks most political appointees
A federal judge Tuesday narrowed a restraining order and allowed more career federal officials to access sensitive payment systems.