him under criminal scrutiny and investigation by the justice department but that have already led to federal indictment. the new york times reports that team trump plans to get rid of any and all road blocks to interference by the white house in any independent government agency. from that new reporting, quote, donald trump and his allies are planning a sweeping expansion of presidential power over the machinery of government. if voters return him to the white house in 2025. reshaping the structure of the executive branch to concentrate far greater authority directly in his hands. trump and list associates have a broader goal to alter the balance of power by increasing the president s authority over every part of the federal government that now operates either by law or tradition with any measure of independence from political interference by the white house. that is according to a review of his campaign policy proposals and interviews of people close to him. the expresiden
republican and one democrat, or is it bath because the idea of an alternative has potentially never been more appealing than it is right now. years of polling show public interest in something different is there. almost 50% of americans believe that both democrats and republicans have been doing such a poor job that a third option is needed. so is 2024 the year? is the exhaustion at the thought of a trump-biden rematch enough to sway voters for the first time in history? or would it just siphon off the stragglers and if itdoes, which party benefits, democrats or republicans? we re going to get into the calculus. because for the candidates, it is a calculus, including for whomever is on the would be ticket, which we may get a glimpse of for the first time in new hampshire. who s going to be there. in arlington, virginia, nbc news correspondent, ali vitali, and in washington, nbc news senior national politics reporter, jonathan allen and if you re asking yourself, what about ne