A bitter fall looms in American politics, as President Donald Trump flexes unchecked power that often tests the Constitution while Democrats grapple for traction with their voters demanding a fight back.

Trump seems like a president in a hurry, as he threatens to send National Guard troops into more Democratic-run cities; accelerates mass deportations ; and takes new swings against the bureaucracy, which last week led to a purge of top scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention .

Abroad, Trump is demanding the Nobel Peace Prize , despite his failure to end two murderous conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza. His trade wars have shredded the US reputation as a bastion of economic stability — and pushed India into the arms of superpower China. But his tariff barrage i

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