How Trump has tried to undermine the powers of Congress: ‘Violation of norms’

In his second term, Trump has taken aim at and circumvented the legislative branch – from mass firings to tariffs

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Trump inauguration anniversary walkouts: here’s what to know

Amid escalating ICE raids and attacks on gender-affirming care, organizers ask people to join ‘Free America Walkout’

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Trump inauguration anniversary walkouts: here’s what to know

Amid escalating ICE raids and attacks on gender-affirming care, organizers ask people to join ‘Free America Walkout’

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Trump’s inaugural fund received $19m from fossil fuel industry, analysis shows

President raised $239m for inauguration – more than previous three inaugural committees took in combined

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Trump’s inaugural fund received $19m from fossil fuel industry, analysis shows

President raised $239m for inauguration – more than previous three inaugural committees took in combined

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Chrisette Michelle sang for Trump in 2017. The backlash lasted years: ‘I thought they’d never stop hating me’ https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/feb/18/chrisette-michelle-trump-snoop-dogg #DonaldTrumpinauguration #DonaldTrump #USpolitics #SnoopDogg #Culture #USnews #Music
Chrisette Michelle sang for Trump in 2017. The backlash lasted years: ‘I thought they’d never stop hating me’

Though she didn’t support the president, the performance nearly destroyed her career. Not so for Snoop Dogg in 2025

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What does the inauguration’s authoritarian-chic fashion tell us? Designers are suddenly eager to dress the Trumps

The first time round, high fashion shunned the president’s family. Now industry figures are flocking to them, says Guardian columnist Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

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‘The reign of terror is over’: my weird weekend partying with the triumphant tech right

As Musk, Bezos and Zuckerberg gathered for Trump’s inauguration, crypto diehards and members of the Paypal Mafia celebrated a new era for the Magaverse

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My mum the family vlogger and child abuser; Marina Hyde on Trump’s ‘golden age’; and Spotify’s Billions Club – podcast

Confusing and capricious, Trump started as he means to go on: chaos, dysfunction and a coalition of creeps; Ruby Franke was a social media star – until she was jailed for child abuse. Now her eldest daughter Shari is telling her side of the story; and what the songs with a billion streams on Spotify tell us about music taste today.

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