via The Hill News — A battle over a Washington golf course has turned into a fiery showdown over the powers of the Trump administration to do as it wishes and the power of the courts to constrain it. At issue is the East Potomac Golf Links, an unglamorous but busy municipal course roughly 2 miles from the White House.…

Alexander told the audience modern technology has reduced the premium for political craft and increased polarization, and he cautioned against executive overreach that weakens separation of powers.

via Home - CBSNews.com — Republican Sen. Thom Tillis, retiring soon, says without checks on power, U.S. democracy is at risk. He discusses his fears for the future of U.S. democracy and his relationship with President Trump.

Retiring Republican Senator Thom Tillis has expressed deep concerns about the executive branch's expanding influence, warning that a failure to uphold checks and balances could lead to a "dictator king." Tillis, who served under multiple presidents, detailed his worries in a new book and criticized President Trump's advisors and specific cabinet actions, including calling for the removal of Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth.

via - Democracy Docket — Advocates agree such an attempt would be blatantly unconstitutional but still worry that such an emergency order could suppress voting nonetheless. The post Could Trump take over voting by declaring a ‘national emergency’? appeared first on Democracy Docket .

via NPR Topics: News — President Trump announced plans to cancel $810 million in Congressionally approved spending, a move that some in his own party are calling illegal.

via Home - CBSNews.com — President Trump moved to cancel almost $1 billion in spending that was approved by Congress, marking the second time his administration has employed a rarely used tactic that some lawmakers in both parties have called illegal.

via The Hill News — President Trump cancelled almost $1 billion in federal funding Friday using the controversial “pocket rescission” process, which allows him to sidestep congressional approval. Most of the cancellations targeted Health and Human Services (HHS) programs serving undocumented immigrants and unaccompanied children in court, as well as similar initiatives under the agency’s Minority Health office and the…

via Robert Reich — Friends, Imagine living in a country that can arrest and imprison you whenever it wants, without any judge or jury deciding you did anything wrong. It can call you a “domestic terrorist” and put you in prison for life. It can even execute you on the basis of nothing more than its own decision that you’re dangerous. Well, I have bad news for you. You’re living in that country right now. As he loses power and popularity — and faces mounting resistance abroad and at home — Trump is enlarging his po

President Donald Trump has ordered Lake Ontario to be renamed “Lake America,” an action reportedly linked to an escalating trade dispute with Canada. The directive, issued on August 27, 2026, targets one of the Great Lakes shared by both nations. This move raises questions about presidential authority and international diplomatic norms.

via The Hill News — “National security” is Trump’s key to the Supreme Court safe when he wants to justify executive overreach.

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