Trump has claimed his victory was a mandate. Washington’s realities are already challenging that
Donald Trump has yet to arrive in Washington, but he is already confronting the limitations of his electoral mandate.
Trump’s claims of a mandate run into reality of narrow majorities
Donald Trump’s last-minute demands for a congressional funding package were rejected by Republicans, foreshadowing the ...
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Trump Does Not Have a Mandate
Editorial / He didn’t win a majority of the popular vote, and the idea that America has gone full MAGA is outlandish. John ...
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Trump claims a 'massive' mandate, but presidents often overread their victories
Presidents love to claim they have a "mandate" after winning an election. "[T]he beauty is that we won by so much. The mandate was massive," President-elect Donald Trump said of his 2024 ...
Do election victories really give presidents a 'mandate'?
Presidents throughout history have claimed elections gave them mandates that justify their policy plans, but that's not quite the case. NPR's Domenico Montanaro reports.Then, Tom Homan has vowed to ...
AT&T follows Amazon with a 5-days-in-office mandate
AT&T is requiring office employees to work on-site five days a week starting in January, effectively eliminating a recent ...