There are supposed to be two checks on Trump’s power, of course: the courts and Congress. But Congress, particularly in the ...

Explore the chaos surrounding Trump’s presidency and the executive powers he wields to shape government policy.

But their approach  — which one prominent Democrat characterized as ‘flagrantly violating the law’ — is drawing legal ...

Campaign finance rules and checks on presidential power are collapsing just as leading tech giants have gained power.

Our American government is often compared to a tree with three branches. The trunk of the tree is our Constitution. The roots of the tree are the American people. The first branch (Article 1) is the ...