| | | | By Made by History / Produced by Olivia B. Waxman | The Trump Administration has claimed unprecedented power for the White House: to lay tariffs, to deploy the military to U.S. cities, and more. Even before the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, it seemed that the Republican-controlled Congress was all too willing to cede power to the executive branch. While deference to Trump might be expected, the erosion of the institutional power of the legislative branch still raises a question: Why would Congress give up its own power? | As Bruce Schulman writes in Made by History, the roots of this transformation can be found in the 1970s and 1980s. After the Watergate scandal, Congress revised its rules and changed its operations, leaving members less invested in institutional autonomy. At the same time, the growing ideological sorting of the political parties stymied action on Capitol Hill, clearing the path for an increasingly powerful executive. With the government shutdown over and Congress back in session, we will see if these trends continue. | |
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This week in 1989: Arsenio Hall |  | The Nov. 13, 1989, cover of TIME |
| Ted Thai |
| "We are seeing the future of the TV talk show, and it is, well, funky. The Arsenio Hall Show, a weeknightly joyride on 167 stations nationwide, is less a talk show than a televised party: hip, hyperkinetic and hot. The host can't sit still, and the crowd can't get enough of him. At any moment, Hall might race into the studio audience in response to a shouting fan, or sidle over to his five-piece house band ('my posse') for some impromptu jamming. Meanwhile, as late-night's first successful black talk host, he has turned his guest couch into TV's liveliest melting pot. Rap groups get as much attention as Hollywood legends; George Hamilton or Glenn Close might find themselves rubbing elbows with one of the Jacksons — Jesse or Bo. And when things get slow, Eddie Murphy or Mike Tyson could drop in unannounced. Man, this show is loose!" |
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| | This week in 2003: Russell Crowe |  | The Nov. 10, 2003, cover of TIME |
| Nigel Parry |
| "Once we were past the commuter ferries and tourist boats, the Svanen's engine yawned, and I was told to look toward land. Squinting, I could just make out two shapes bobbing on the waves. One was a woman; the other was Crowe. 'This is the real surprise!' said Crowe's publicist. 'He's kayaking out to meet you with his personal trainer!' I was surprised, or rather, confused. Was I supposed to be impressed that he could kayak? Or swept away by the strange, albeit larger-than-life gesture? I was still stumped when Crowe scaled the ship's ladder, grumbled something to the photographer who had been taking pictures of his approach and disappeared into the hold. 'He told me to f___ off,' said the photographer nervously. 'I was breaking his concentration.'" |
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| This week in 2014: Interstellar |  | The Nov. 10, 2014, cover of TIME |
| Robert Maxwell |
| "The premise of Interstellar is simple enough. Earth is dying from an unnamed blight, and it's the job of a small band of astronauts (led by Matthew McConaughey and Anne Hathaway) and scientists (Jessica Chastain and Michael Caine) to look for a new world to colonize before it's too late…To keep Interstellar scientifically honest, Nolan signed on Kip Thorne, the celebrated theoretical physicist from Caltech who literally wrote the book–numerous books, actually–on much of the cosmology referenced in the movie. So central has Thorne been to cosmological science that he appears as a character in The Theory of Everything too. With such an eminence on the Interstellar set, the cast had to get up to speed on the science fast, all except Hathaway, who came to the movie already interested in and conversant with cosmology." |
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