President Trump is seizing on the government shutdown as an "unprecedented opportunity" to consolidate control in the Oval Office, accelerating a trend toward unchecked power. The bottom line: Government shutdown or not, Trump has spent his presidency methodically erasing the independence of institutions that once served as checks on executive power.
Some federal workers say this government shutdown feels different than ones they've experienced in the past, partly because of the changes to federal agencies that have been going on since President Donald Trump took office in January.
-- NBC News (@nbcnews.com) Oct 6, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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