The Republican majority has let Trump do pretty much anything he wants—even when it tramples on Congress’s authority.

Lawmakers head into President Trump’s second year facing questions about whether they can reclaim congressional clout in the ...

A Republican lawmaker has introduced a new bill to Congress that would curb President Donald Trump ’s executive powers.

Major Questions is a recurring series by Adam White, which analyzes the court’s approach to administrative law, agencies, and the lower courts. Please note that the views of outside contributors do ...

WASHINGTON — Most Supreme Court justices on Monday seemed inclined to allow President Trump to tell a former Federal Trade Commission honcho that she’s fired, in a case that could dramatically expand ...

The Supreme Court grappled on Monday with which branch’s powers independent executive agencies exert, as the justices weighed whether President Donald Trump may fire a Democrat-appointed member of the ...

Melissa Quinn is a senior reporter for CBSNews.com, where she covers U.S. politics, with a focus on the Supreme Court and federal courts. Washington — The Supreme Court on Monday heard arguments over ...

The case, known as Trump v. Slaughter, arose from Mr. Trump's move to fire Rebecca Kelly Slaughter from her post at the Federal Trade Commission without cause, despite a federal statute that limits a ...

Concerned about maintaining legislative power, some Republican members of Congress are more openly criticizing the president.

Sometimes the title of a book says it all. And that’s the case with a just-released collection of essays by the late, great David McCullough: “History Matters.” In the book’s first two sentences, ...

The Supreme Court‘s Wednesday oral arguments over the legality of Donald Trump‘s sweeping “Liberation Day” tariffs pitted the president’s constitutional foreign affairs powers against Congress’s ...

Washington — President Trump's efforts to reshape the executive branch and flex his presidential power are set to be tested at the Supreme Court on Monday, when the justices convene to hear a case ...