Trump pushes envelope on executive power with national emergency orders

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President Donald Trump is testing the limits of his executive authority with statutes that grant him sweeping powers during a national emergency.

On his first day back in office, Trump used the National Emergencies Act to deploy additional troops to the southern border and expedite new domestic energy production.

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