One of the president’s most controversial Cabinet nominees wants to shuffle the deck on core American principles, such as checks and balances.

The incoming Trump administration and 119 th Congress are poised to hammer out ... privatizing and devolving powers to states — but it is no substitute. However, those ambitions have yet to ...

The wording that provides the basis for government-granted patent and copyright monopolies can be found in Article 1, Section 8, where the Constitution lays out the powers of Congress.

But there are limits to the powers of executive orders. A policy that requires new funding, for example, generally needs the support of Congress. Trump has been elected president for a four-year ...

Those who adhere to a strict interpretation of the Constitution believe the government does not have any authority not specifically listed as one of the Enumerated Powers of Congress. Critics also ...

Some partisans want to rule, not govern, but getting back to the process of committees working on major legislation and forging compromise will help return Congress to its roots. | Opinion ...

Strictly legislative plans, including tax cuts, will need to go through Congress, where Republicans ... under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. Many economists and other experts ...

This competition has unfolded particularly in the smaller nations around the Indian Ocean, where the continent’s two largest powers have ... traditionally dominant Congress Party in Nepal ...

The removal of the term ‘separation of powers’ from Liberal Studies textbooks ... The National People’s Congress authorises the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region to exercise a high ...

Healy thinks all powers conferred by presidential emergency declarations should expire “in a matter of weeks” unless approved by Congress via joint resolutions. Congress might, however, be aghast at ...

11 attacks. She’s now leaving Congress and her renegade approach is serving as a model for the next generation. Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif., stands beside a portrait of her friend and mentor, Shirley ...