Power Grab
Tracking Trump's abuse of power.
As Trump’s team floods the zone with regulations and orders, we’re tracking the new administration's abuses of power.
What defines abuse of power? When legitimate executive authority is deliberately misused to weaken democratic institutions, target specific groups of Americans, reward political allies while punishing enemies, and concentrate power by bypassing normal checks and balances. Think of it as taking tools meant to maintain democracy and instead using them to dismantle it.
Here’s the tracker from week 1:
