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Executive Power: President Trump isn’t alone among modern chief executives in seeking to expand his presidential power. Yet, as David Graham writes, his particular tactics stand out: He’s pushed his limits not to respond to economic or national-security crises, as past leaders have done, but to protect himself. The president’s supporters, including his adviser Rudy Giuliani, have defended his claims to surprising effect, Adam Serwer writes: “The assertion of these powers offers a startling view into the mind-set of the authoritarian cult of personality that surrounds the president.”
Mick Mulvaney, the head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, A new draft of the National Defense Authorization Act could give Energy Secretary Rick Perry the unilateral power to authorize And a member of the House Intelligence Committee is introducing a bill that would legally require campaigns to tell the FBI when representatives of a foreign power offer to help them beat their opponents.
