US EditionOne Year of Donald Trump: Alarms Sound over Relentless Expansion of Presidential Powers
Trump’s presidency saw military actions abroad, mass deportations, and political prosecutions, with 70% of Americans believing he exceeded presidential war powers, polls show.
- A year after his inauguration, President Donald Trump has aggressively expanded executive authority across policy domains, reshaping federal institutions while highlighting mass deportations, tariffs and tax cuts, the White House said.
- Analysts say Trump seeks to consolidate control and reshape institutions, while critics cite his campaign promise to be a dictator 'only on day one' as evidence of authoritarian intent.
- The administration also used legal and financial pressure on institutions such as Harvard University, invoking the Alien Enemies Act to jeopardize nearly $2.2 billion in federal research funding.
- Lawmakers countered with votes, lawsuits and legislation such as July funding nixes, Representative Joyce Beatty's Dec. 22 suit and the Jan. 13 `SERVE Act` proposal.
- Polls show growing public and scholarly wariness about expanded presidential power, with protests and Senate actions reflecting escalating political backlash over recent months, according to Quinnipiac University, Bright Line Watch, and Pew Research Center surveys of 3,455 adults.
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One year of Donald Trump: Alarms sound over relentless expansion of presidential powers
President Donald Trump tours the assembly line at the Ford River Rouge Complex on Jan. 13, 2026 in Dearborn, Michigan. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump promised during his bid for another White House term that he would be a dictator only on “day one.” Before a town hall audience in Iowa in December 2023, Fox News host Sean Hannity asked Trump, “Under no circumstances, you are promising America tonight, y…
Opponents accuse him of acting like a king: Donald Trump has been in power again for a year. How has this affected the world and America?
Opponents accuse him of acting like a king: Donald Trump has been in power again for a year. How has this affected the world and America?
One year of Donald Trump: Alarms sound over relentless expansion of presidential powers • Washington State Standard
President Donald Trump tours the assembly line at the Ford River Rouge Complex on Jan. 13, 2026 in Dearborn, Michigan. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump promised during his bid for another White House term that he would be a dictator only on “day one.” Before a town hall audience in Iowa in December 2023, Fox News host Sean Hannity asked Trump, “Under no circumstances, you are promising America tonight, y…
In a week of ominous words, a month of violent acts, and a year of radical displays of power, Donald Trump's grip on the United States—and the world—is unprecedented. But not endless.
One year into Trump’s second term – repressive US president on track to join world’s worst press freedom predators
Reporters Without Borders After winning re-election in 2024, Donald Trump promised to be a dictator “on day one”. When it comes to press freedom, he has kept his word, extending the war on the press he launched while running for his first term with grave attacks on access to reliable information worldwide. Reporters Without Borders (RSF), which monitors “press freedom predators” worldwide, has compiled a timeline of his administration’s assaults…
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