The Republican majority has let Trump do pretty much anything he wants—even when it tramples on Congress’s authority.

On July 8, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court discreetly issued an emergency order permitting the Trump administration to move forward with sweeping layoffs across federal agencies. The unsigned ruling did ...

Since taking office for a second term on January 20, 2025, President Donald Trump has signed a dizzying amount of executive orders. On his first day in office alone, Trump enacted an unprecedented 42 ...

President Trump has pushed to expand the power of the chief executive to new heights throughout 2025, setting up legal battles carrying into next year. Trump has pushed to consolidate executive power ...

President Donald Trump issued more executive orders than any previous president during his first 100 days in office. Trump has issued 145 executive orders through April. While this is a record number ...

Steve Adubato welcomes Elie Honig, author of "When You Come at the King," CNN Senior Legal Analyst, and Former Federal and State Prosecutor, to explore the history of the U.S. Office of Special ...