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Beyond ‘draining the swamp’: How Trump is knocking down checks on presidential power

todaySeptember 17, 2025 2

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Cathy Harris was a member of the Merit Systems Protection Board, an independent, quasi-judicial agency that works to ensure federal employees are protected against abuses by agency management, until she was fired earlier this year by the Trump administration.

President Trump wants to be able to fire far more executive branch employees at will — upending checks on presidential power that have existed for more than a century.

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Written by: Prometheus

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