Trump's feud with Congress puts American democracy on the brink | Analysis by StCollinson
With almost every day that passes, Trump is providing a glimpse of how American government might look under a President who disdains the principles and pillars on which it is built.His sweeping assertion of executive privilege over the entire Mueller report on Wednesday intensified the most serious standoff between Congress and the White House in decades and opened a hugely significant new battle over the nature of US democracy.
Nadler: Barr won't testify because he is terrified 01:22But while Washington is consumed by the confrontation, polls and anecdotal evidence suggest indifference among many Americans about the momentous goings-on in Washington, which so far are not resonating much outside the capital.A strong economy, extreme political polarization and the daily struggles of millions of people to pay for essentials like health care and a college education are understandably seen as more important.
Nadler: 'We are now in a constitutional crisis' 06:33But Wednesday's developments were different. Two warring branches of government will now most likely require the third -- the judiciary -- to adjudicate their conflict."We are now in a constitutional crisis," House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler, D-New York, who had previously avoided the term, told reporters.Republican Rep.
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