Behind the Curtain: Trump's power play

President Trump seethed when the Supreme Court stripped away his unilateral tariff authority, the first real check on his presidency. Then he set out to impose his will on every remaining vector of American power — smashing norms and shrugging off Congress in a historic, 14-day show of executive force. Why it matters: Over the past two weeks, Trump launched a massive Middle East war, blacklisted the hottest AI company on the planet, ordered new global tariffs, and presided over the biggest med