The famous quote "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely," is attributed to Lord Acton, a 19th-century British historian, politician and writer known for his advocacy of individual liberty. Acton emphasized that unchecked power leads to moral decay, and that leaders should be held to the same moral standards as others.

Morning Report is The Hill’s a.m. newsletter. Subscribe here. In today’s issue: ▪ 1 year of Trump 2.0 ▪ Trump’s Greenland letter sparks blowback ▪ Cassidy charts path after presidential snub ▪ Putin gets Trump invite to join Gaza board President Trump is taking a broad view of executive authority and showing no signs

Between Trump & Gavin Newsom, who has it more together mentally? POTUS challenges the CA Governor to take a cognitive test

By Saeed Azhar, Tatiana Bautzer and Manya Saini NEW YORK, Jan 16 (Reuters) - U.S. banks on Tuesday face a tricky political test in how to address a call from President Donald Trump to cap credit card interest rates - leaving the finance industry scrambling on how to proceed,

The president took an oath to serve the American people. Instead, he’s focused his second term on enriching himself and his family.

This is ruthless crackdown theater choreographed by the president. Minneapolis has become a petri dish for his hardline immigration policies, zeal for militarized law enforcement tactics and attempts to use immigration as a cudgel to crush progressive values in cities that reject his strongman leadership.

Jimmy Kimmel has taken a "cognitive test" similar to the one President Donald Trump said he had "aced," with the talk-show host calling it "as difficult as the maze on the back of the box of Captain Crunch."

His remarks to the annual World Economic Forum come as European leaders try to de-escalate tensions with the U.S. over Trump’s plan to acquire Greenland.