Trump makes moves to expand his power, sparking chaos and a possible constitutional crisis
Donald Trump's effort to freeze trillions of dollars in federal grants is the most provocative of his many attempts to expand his power in the first days of his presidency.
Is Trump pushing his presidential powers beyond what the Constitution allows?
Trump is likely to succeed in expanding presidential powers on some fronts because the Constitution generally puts vast power in the hands of the president.
Playbook: Trump’s massive power grab
The memo, issued by the acting director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, Matthew Vaeth, said all federal spending must be aligned with “Presidential priorities,” and cited Trump’s emergency orders on issues including immigration,
Trump Tests the Limits of Presidential Power With Spending Order
This is Washington Edition, the newsletter about money, power and politics in the nation’s capital. Today, senior economy editor Ben Holland looks at behind the Trump administration order pausing some government spending.
Trump's Power Play: What's Really Behind His Energy and Climate Orders
Legal and business experts in the clean-energy sector are sorting through President Donald Trump's aggressive executive orders on climate and energy.
Trump’s second term pushes boundaries of presidential power
President Trump rescinded trillions in federal funding. On Tuesday, a federal court paused the freeze. Today, Trump walked the entire plan back.
Trump tests his power. Can he do these things?
There’s an as-yet unanswerable question to apply to so many of the incredible things President Donald Trump is trying to do ...
How to decode your power bill and budget for 2025
Arbor breaks down what your power is telling you, what electricity costs today, and how to take control of your energy ...
Energy giant announces major investment in US to help meet surging power demands
GE Vernova announced it plans to invest nearly $600 million in its U.S. facilities over the next two years, with new projects ...
Why Trump’s funding freeze is deepening fears that he seeks unlimited power
But the spending freeze – along with other key moves early in this presidency, including the firing of Justice Department ...
US power stocks plummet as DeepSeek raises data center demand doubts
Shares of U.S. power, utility and natural gas companies sold off on Monday in some of the biggest recorded one-day drops, as ...
Chevron Joins Race to Generate Power for A.I.
The oil company plans to build natural gas power plants that will be directly connected to data centers used by technology ...
Trial begins for man accused of neo-Nazi plot to shoot up Baltimore power grid
Prosecutors say Brandon Russell was the leader of a neo-Nazi group who orchestrated a plot to knock out power to the city of ...
Syria's Sharaa declared president for transition, consolidating his power
Syria's de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa was declared president for a transitional phase on Wednesday, tightening his hold on ...