The executive order gives the president more power over federal agencies that are part of the executive branch of government.

[Rule based directly on a provision of the Charter (Art. 21, second sentence)]. The Vice-Presidents shall be elected after the election of the Chairmen of the six Main Committees referred to in ...

The president has already challenged statutory protections against summarily firing officials overseeing such agencies ...

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On that last point, my colleague Lisa Rubin asked, “[I]f Trump can erase the text of ... to the new president’s absurd assurances about “restoring ... the constitutional rule of law.” ...