America at 250: Trump’s Second Term Faces a Historic Reckoning

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As the U.S. marks 250 years, CBS News asks whether the second Trump term signals a reckoning: a presidency at the center of power, expanding executive reach, foreign-policy assertiveness (Greenland, Venezuela, Ukraine-Russia), and domestic security actions, all set against a Congress that remains largely in his orbit yet constrained by political and legal checks, with the 2026 midterms likely to decide the trajectory of his presidency.
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