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

Between the chaos that unfolded this week, Minnesota lawmakers and the executive branch looked at a myriad of issues affecting the state including school safety and the potential impact of federal ...

The president’s blizzard of executive orders is a bold challenge to the powers of Congress and the courts. The Constitution ...

The first two weeks of the Trump administration have brought dramatic proposals and unprecedented changes to the government. Our new series, On Democracy, is taking a step back to look at big ...

With the help of Congress, a president could get rid of the agency. Getting rid of the programs it runs and the money it ...

The Senate was headed for a confirmation vote Thursday night on Russell Vought, President Donald Trump’s nominee for White House budget director, who is planning to use one of ...

The author and academic is not opposed to reforming the CPS system but believes the wiser path is to start over.

A group of bipartisan Georgia lawmakers introduced a bill to ban the three-cueing system, a method of teaching reading where ...

We are a nation that has always had our strength in coalition-building. That helped us mobilize during World War II, and in building the international system afterward to create greater stability and ...

His Administration’s recent actions—attempting to dismantle independent agencies, granting private individuals access to ...