Our government system is under attack by Trump and Elon Musk, and Republicans who control Congress are afraid they won't be ...

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson floated the idea of hobbling our lower federal courts and hence undermining our delicate ...

In the Framers’ view, the way to contain the presidency and protect against the rise of a knave or a despot was to hedge and trim its authority at every turn and further restrain the exercise of its ...

Donald Trump’s tariffs are the biggest tax increase in decades and have upended global markets — the actions of one man ...

The overwhelming, mushrooming growth of presidential power in both foreign and domestic affairs, marked by executive ...

We keep telling ourselves that a supine Congress is partly responsible for the meltdown of checks and balances, but the truth is far more devastating: A petty and captured Congress is now actively ...

Democratic groups and non-partisan organizations sued Monday over an executive order targeting election procedures signed last week by President Donald Trump, kicking off two separate court fights ...

It remains unknown whether Oklahoma's Republican U.S. senators will join other Republicans in backing a bipartisan tariffs bill.

A just-passed Senate resolution seeking to undo new tariffs on Canada hopefully emboldens the legislative branch to re-embrace its checks-and-balances role.

President Trump's attacks on the judiciary branch threaten the checks and balances of the US government. Many Republicans in Congress are afraid to criticize Trump for fear of losing their seats.