He’s exploiting a diabolical problem in our legal system to expand presidential power.
He’s exploiting a diabolical problem in our legal system to expand presidential power.
President Trump declared an emergency in Washington D.C. to deploy National Guard and federal agents to patrol the streets.Credit...Alex Kent for The New York Times
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By Adam B. Kushner
Adam Kushner is an editor in The Times’s Washington bureau.
The president offered misleading statements about crime trends in the nation’s capital.
The president has declared 10 emergencies since returning to office, far outpacing what is typical. He has used them to justify…
In disputes over protests, deportations and tariffs, the president has invoked statutes that may not provide him with the…
The US president’s tactic could put this fall’s elections at risk. A supreme court decision could go far to protect them
We catalog the president’s emergencies to explore how he is using them to remake the government.
Trump takes control of police, deploys National Guard in a move DC-rights activist calls ‘just authoritarianism’.
