Congress is dying in real time. By Jamelle Bouie Michelle Cottle and David French Produced by Vishakha Darbha The legislative branch of the government is in crisis. The shutdown is entering a second ...

As the White House angles to exert control over the Library of Congress, Democrats are defending the independence of another legislative branch agency. A spokesperson for the Government Accountability ...

When Donald Trump is sworn in as president on Jan. 20, 2025, both the executive and legislative branches of the federal government will be controlled by the Republican Party. The GOP is expected to ...

Here’s an irony that took over 700 years to see — British barons limited the power of a king, Americans rebelled against having a king centuries later, and in our times the U.S. Supreme Court sought ...

When the Founding Fathers wrote the U.S. Constitution, they envisioned three distinct branches of government; legislative, executive and judiciary. These were balanced with numerous checks and ...

The Constitution created three branches of government: the legislative, the executive, and the judicial. For the past century, progressives in Congress have created a fourth branch composed of ...

President Donald Trump, left, and House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Republican from Louisiana, during a celebration for the LSU Tigers and LSU Shreveport Pilots baseball champions in the East Room of the ...