North Central College Professor Suzanne Chod talks about the checks and balances of the government. Petrified wood is one of the most sought-after materials in the world for both its aesthetic value ...

Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) doubled down on his position that presidents should disobey federal court rulings — even from the ...

Vance claimed that judges do not have the authority to direct the executive branch, a statement many saw as a fundamental ...

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With an executive order, the president can’t write a new statute, but an order can tell federal agencies how to implement a ...

President Harry Truman once said: “Whenever you have an efficient government you have a dictatorship.” It was an ...

NBC News' Laura Jarrett looks at whether there are legal paths to block recent moves by President Trump and Elon Musk's ...

Susan Collins — failed in her oath and duty to uphold the Constitution. She voted for the appointment of a traitor to head national intelligence, and is supporting someone for director of the Office ...

Oregon freshman Rep. Janelle Bynum said there are "no checks and balances" surrounding Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) who apparently has access to the government's ...

Maine Senator Susan Collins is sounding the alarm on what she calls a troubling overreach by some of President Donald Trump’s ...