Kenneth Tiven

The world watches in sus...

New visa scrutiny, attacks on lawyers, and chaotic immigration policy mark Donald Trump’s latest playbook for control

As the president barrels through his second term with military deployments, sweeping budget demands, and mounting defiance of legal norms, critics warn that the US is drifting from democracy to domination—one executive order at a time

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In a stinging rebuke to the president’s expansive use of emergency powers, a federal trade court has ruled his sweeping global tariffs illegal. While a temporary reprieve delays the full effect, the decision is the latest in a cascade of courtroom defeats that reveal a presidency increasingly at odds with law and institutional limits

By Kenneth Tiven “Def...

The release of Badar Khan Suri, an Indian scholar detained for pro-Palestinian speech, reveals growing judicial resistance to Donald Trump-era authoritarian overreach—and signals the high-stakes battle over America’s democratic future

From whimsical tariffs to AI papal cosplay, Donald Trump’s second presidency is a chaotic spectacle of ignorance, overreach, and surreal theatrics. US EDITOR KENNETH TIVEN chronicles the twilight zone of American governance

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In a tumultuous ten days, the president’s illusion of unchecked authority has collided with a hard wall of legal resistance, academic defiance, economic recoil, and a shifting public mood. The tide may be turning against a presidency testing the limits of American democracy