Inside the high-stakes showdown between President Trump and the courts over presidential power. FRONTLINE goes inside the high-stakes showdown between President Donald Trump and the courts over ...

On July 8, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court discreetly issued an emergency order permitting the Trump administration to move forward with sweeping layoffs across federal agencies. The unsigned ruling did ...

It has become apparent two-plus months into the second Trump administration that the fundamental issue confronting the United States is whether the rule of law or the raw exercise of power will ...

FRONTLINE goes inside the high-stakes showdown between President Donald Trump and the courts over presidential power. Trump allies, opponents and experts talk about how he is testing the extent of his ...

The president of the United States appears to have long ago forgotten that Americans fought the Revolutionary War not merely to secure their independence from the British monarchy but to establish a ...

Much has been written (including by me) about how Trump's massive new tariffs will severely damage the US economy, and why they are illegal for a variety of different reasons. But more attention ...

President Donald Trump has made comments about taking over D.C. since last summer, when he was still running for his second term. "We will take over the horribly run capital," Trump said in July 2024.