Protesters assembled in front of the Treasury Department this week in response to the administration granting members of DOGE access to a government payment system filled with private and sensitive information.

Protesters assembled in front of the Treasury Department this week in response to the administration granting members of DOGE access to a government payment system filled with private and sensitive information. Geoff Livingston

Elon Musk and his team at DOGE have moved at a remarkable pace over the last two weeks, bringing slash and burn tactics to the federal government.

Meanwhile, Donald Trump has signed more than fifty executive orders, the most in a president’s first hundred days in more than forty years.

With Republicans holding power in both chambers of congress, there are seemingly few checks on the administration’s actions – even as questions remain about how lawful they are.

“The one venue that remains is the courts,” says Naftali Bendavid, senior national political correspondent for the Washington Post. He points out that we have already seen Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship put on hold, and Thursday afternoon a federal judge postponed the deadline for federal workers to take the administration’s “buyout” offer.

Naftali Bendavid joins Diane on this week’s episode of On My Mind to talk about this week’s news and the resistance that is taking shape to counter the powers of the president.

Guests

  • Naftali Bendavid Senior national political correspondent, The Washington Post

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