Donald Trump’s abrupt firing of Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden has reignited an effort in Congress to wrest back power from the executive branch and assert more control over legislative branch ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The US Capitol on Tuesday. - Al Drago/Bloomberg/Getty Images This week brought fresh signs that as President Donald Trump’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Last week, a reporter asked President Donald Trump who he thought the College of Cardinals should elect as the next pope when they ...

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 ...

It is tempting to claim that resource allocation questions are starker than ever. The classic formulation in political science is guns or butter. Today, it is vaccines, PPE, financial support to ...

Is Congress fulfilling its constitutional duty? I fear not. And so the well-being of our republic is at risk. The Constitution is clear: Congress is the preeminent branch of the federal government.

President Donald Trump has signed more executive orders in his first 10 days than his recent predecessors have signed during their first 100. Trump, who fancies himself a man of action, is relishing ...

This week brought fresh signs that as President Donald Trump’s popularity withers, Republicans in Congress are starting to reassert some of the prerogatives — and pride — that they abandoned during ...