by India Clarke | Feb 17, 2025 | Boston University
When President Trump campaigned for a second term in office, he promised to cut what he referred to as government waste, fraud and abuse. He tasked Elon Musk, shortly after his election, with locating the alleged financial mismanagement and use through the Department...
by Leon Miller | Feb 14, 2025 | Boston University
For those concerned with U.S. democracy, it should suffice to say that this year has been off to a tumultuous start. With Donald Trump’s return to the White House, exhibiting his all too familiar chaotic bravado, the sphere of public discourse has been upended into a...
by Matti Vayrynen | Feb 14, 2025 | Boston University
Over the course of Trump’s initial presidency and subsequent re-election, the United States has faced several threats to the resilience and stability of its democratic institutions. From the January 6 Capital Attack — an unprecedented failure in the transfer of power...
by Michael Tsegaye | Feb 14, 2025 | Boston University
The last few weeks of American governance have come as a massive surprise to vast swathes of the American public. Among the various events that have rocked the American Political Circus: the establishment of an executive-contracted organization, which lacked an act of...
by Maura Kitterick | Feb 14, 2025 | Boston University
On January 20, 2025, Donald Trump was inaugurated as the 47th President of the United States, marking the beginning of his second term in the Oval Office. That day, he signed a myriad of consequential executive orders, one of which is Executive Order 14171: Restoring...
