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White House maps path to govern without Congress if Democrats win · GNN Daily Breaking News

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  Speaker 1: The White House has developed a comprehensive executive strategy designed
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  Speaker 1: to bypass Congress and implement policy priorities directly if Democrats
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  Speaker 1: win control of the House or Senate in Tuesday's midterm elections.
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  Speaker 1: The secret contingency planning, led by senior aides including Deputy
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  Speaker 1: Chief of Staff Stephen Miller and Office of Management and Budget, OMB,
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  Speaker 1: Director Russell Vought, maps unilateral administrative actions across immigration, trade,
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  Speaker 1: housing costs, and federal grant allocations. The initiative ensures the
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  Speaker 1: administration can maintain its policy trajectory without requiring legislative approval
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  Speaker 1: during its final two years. Under the framework, executive agencies
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  Speaker 1: submitted detailed policy proposals and legal reviews outlining actions President
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  Speaker 1: Trump can execute unilaterally. Proposed trade actions include imposing new
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  Speaker 1: targeted tariffs on imported wind turbines and critical minerals while
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  Speaker 1: immigration updates under review envision stricter visa restrictions for international
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  Speaker 1: students and temporary foreign workers. On domestic spending, Vaught is
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  Speaker 1: evaluating ways to redirect previously appropriated federal funds toward White
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  Speaker 1: House priorities and revise grant rules to give political appointees
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  Speaker 1: final oversight on taxpayer funding distributions. Simultaneously, White House counsel
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  Speaker 1: attorneys have begun briefing political appointees and agency leadership on
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  Speaker 1: strategies to handle an expected surge in Democratic congressional oversight.
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  Speaker 1: Administration lawyers have advised officials on document retention protocols and
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  Speaker 1: instructed staff on how to respond to potential committee subpoenas
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  Speaker 1: and oversight hearings. The administration is also preparing formal legal
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  Speaker 1: arguments with the Department of Justice to assert broad executive
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  Speaker 1: privilege over communications involving private advisors and White House staff
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  Speaker 1: to shield internal deliberations from House investigations. While administration spokespeople
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  Speaker 1: publicly dismissed projections of potential Republican losses as premature. Sources
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  Speaker 1: familiar with the strategy indicated President Trump has participated in
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  Speaker 1: planning discussions and remains fully comfortable relying heavily on executive authority.
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  Speaker 1: Legal scholars and voting rights experts note that while executive
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  Speaker 1: orders grant extensive power over trade, agency rules, and regulatory frameworks,
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  Speaker 1: unilateral governance faces immediate constitutional boundaries in federal court. setting
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  Speaker 1: the stage for prolonged legal battles between the executive branch
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  Speaker 1: and a potentially opposition-led Congress.