The early days of the second Trump administration have brought us an intense debate over constitutional authority and the role of government, which has been folded into the unstable and chaotic political era we find ourselves in. Is this destabilization something that will endure? Or is it one of many similar, rough times in our history — say the 1960s — when politics and the government were tested and evolved but, overall, held?

Show Notes:

• Who else is going to retire from the Senate?
• ‘Tune out the noise’: Trump tests Democrats’ vow to try working with him
• Trump-backed Republicans win primaries for Gaetz and Waltz seats
• Hill Democrats largely stay on sidelines as party decides on new national chair
• Trump turns briefing on DCA disaster into attack on DEI, Democrats