Trump's expansion of presidential power is unjustified

Policy, personnel and internal politics of Donald Trump's White House, covering executive orders, cabinet appointments, the agencies carrying out its agenda and the litigation that follows. Spans both his first and second terms, and the advisers whose influence shapes each.

Departments, agencies and independent bodies of the United States federal government, covering their leadership, rulemaking, enforcement, budgets and the way they carry federal policy into practice. Where statute becomes regulation, and where most of what government actually does gets done.

The scope of authority held by the American president over the executive branch, the military, federal spending and the enforcement of law. Tested through executive orders, emergency declarations and removals of officials, and checked, or not, by Congress and the federal courts.

President Trump announced October 18, 2026, plans for a new golf course at East Potomac Park in Washington, D.C. Construction at historic East Potomac Golf Links was set for November 15 amid a federal lawsuit opposing course changes.