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But as those opponents strategize their response, it is vital that they see the important truth that there is no going back to the status quo ante. President Trump and Elon Musk really have altered the structure of things. They’ve taken steps that cannot be so easily reversed. If American constitutional democracy is a game, then they’ve flipped the board with the aim of using the same pieces to play a new game with their own boutique rules.

And so the president’s opponents, whoever they are, cannot expect a return to the Constitution as it was. Whatever comes next, should the country weather this attempted hijacking, will need to be a fundamental rethinking of what this system is and what we want out of it.

But as those opponents strategize their response, it is vital that they see the important truth that there is no going back to the status quo ante. President Trump and Elon Musk really have altered the structure of things. They’ve taken steps that cannot be so easily reversed. If American constitutional democracy is a game, then they’ve flipped the board with the aim of using the same pieces to play a new game with their own boutique rules.

And so the president’s opponents, whoever they are, cannot expect a return to the Constitution as it was. Whatever comes next, should the country weather this attempted hijacking, will need to be a fundamental rethinking of what this system is and what we want out of it.

The newly installed director of the Energy Department’s loan program, John Sneed, told agency officials in a meeting last week the effort will be retooled to focus on technologies favored by the new administration such as nuclear power and liquefied natural gas, according to the person who wasn’t authorized to discuss the matter publicly.

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As the Trump administration moves to shutter international humanitarian aid efforts, a host of environmental and climate programs have also been impacted.

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Most employees overseas have been told to return to the U.S. Democrats have denounced recent moves to shrink the agency as an illegal power grab.