The Economist Who will stop Trump’s drive for unchecked power?

From: The Economist today - Friday Apr 25, 2025 08:33 pm

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April 25th 2025

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Donald Trump has imposed some of the highest tariff increases ever seen, shredded the federal bureaucracy and cudgelled his adversaries. The Justice Department is doing his bidding. Republicans in Congress have rolled over. Who will stop the president’s drive for unchecked power? The defence of the republic will fall in large measure to nine people sitting in north-east Washington.

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