President Trump's flurry of executive actions and orders spark a critical question: Does he have the power he claims to have?

Some are thrilled by the number of executive actions. Others see it as executive overreach. What is a U.S. president really ...

Donald J. Trump came in hot when he took the oath of office as the 47th President of the United States on January 20, 2025.

Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ Jan. 29 The Washington Post on Trump's OMB pick The White House memo announcing a federal spending freeze, rescinded Wednesday ...

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

A constitutional law professor weighs in on the legal battles sparked by President Donald Trump’s controversial executive ...

Russell Vought, President Donald Trump’s Office of Management and Budget director, backs the 'unitary executive' theory, ...

A flurry of seemingly illegal orders and firings could tee up the Supreme Court to cement a vast expansion of Presidential ...

It is too much to hope that one executive will change the constitutional awareness of the executive branch’s unelected actors. But change must begin somewhere.

At the center of legal challenges against Trump's executive actions is whether he's telling federal agencies to violate a key legal standard established nearly 80 years ago.

In the radical opening weeks of his second term, President Trump has appeared to feel little constraint by any need to show ...