I’m not sure the question is whether the President can fire an agency head within the executive branch. The question may be whether Congress can create an agency outside the Executive’s administrative authority.

Trump Signals He Might Ignore the Courts Yesterday, the president said that no judge “should be allowed” to rule against the changes his administration is making.

“The Trump administration is not refusing to share power with an opposing party. It is refusing to follow the constitutional limits of a government that its own party controls completely,” Jonathan Chait argues.

Elon—the richest man on Earth—is gutting the world’s largest provider of food aid. He could end world hunger single-handedly and still be the richest man alive. But he won’t.

Instead, he spent 40 million on Super Bowl ads attacking USAID!

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Trump Administration Prioritizes High-Birthrate Areas for Transportation Funds Some policy experts said they were not sure how the move was connected to the president’s overall transportation goals.

New criteria for federal transportation funds say grant and loan programs should prioritize projects in “communities with marriage and birthrates higher than the national average.” Some researchers said they aren’t sure if the change will help direct funding to areas that could benefit from it most.

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