Trump steamrolls GOP Congress during shutdown to implement agenda
(The Hill) President Trump and the White House are increasingly sidelining Congress during the government shutdown, escalating a trend of an emboldened executive branch during Trump’s second term.
Since the shutdown began, the administration has canceled or frozen previously approved funding for projects in blue states; threatened to withhold back pay for furloughed workers; carried out additional strikes on Venezuelan drug boats while providing limited information to lawmakers; and reappropriated funds from tariffs that were imposed without congressional approval.
The White House has also in recent days laid off thousands of workers and threatened to eliminate certain programs amid the shutdown.
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