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    Get them while they're hot: Donald Trump shows off another freshly signed executive order. Photo: Getty Images

    How Trump isn't the first to try to expand US presidential powers

    Many other US presidents have sought to use various theoretical justifications to widen the scope of their presidential powers

    United States • 31 Mar
    President Harry S. Truman (1884 - 1972) signing a proclamation bringing into effect the North Atlantic Treaty, which marked the beginning of NATO. Photo: Getty Images

    A short history of the US and NATO

    America's first post-war presidents always envisaged a US withdrawal, but 75 years later a renewed threat has re-established NATO's value

    US • 04 Apr 24
    President Trump takes phone calls from foreign leaders In the White House Oval Office Photo: Getty Images

    The murky history of US presidential recordings

    Recordings like those involved in cases against Donald Trump have a long history stretching back over 60 years

    History • 02 Oct 23
    TK Whitaker's policies played an important role in Ireland's economic success in the 1960s, but they weren't the only factor. Photo: RTÉ Stills Library

    TK Whitaker's policies and Ireland's 1960s' economic awakening

    While Whitaker's economic ideas were important, analysis suggests much of Ireland's fiscal policy was shaped by earlier initiatives

    History • 11 Jul 23
    'It is to the minister that each department's civil servants are formally answerable'. Photo: Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images

    Who runs the Irish civil service?

    The current system is not greatly unlike that which the State inherited upon independence a century ago

    Civil Service • 08 Jun 23
    As Micheál Martin heads for the exit, Leo Varadkar prepares to take over as Taoiseach.

    Will a new Taoiseach mean change for Government departments?

    A new Taoiseach will mean new ministers, but it's as yet unclear if we'll also see a reorganisation of Government departments

    Politics • 29 Nov 22

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