He already has Congress in the palm of his hand, mostly. He is replacing career law enforcement officers in the Department of Justice and in the FBI with lackeys and stooges. The Department of Defense ...

Reinforced by checks and balances, then a novelty in the evolution of constitutionalism, and the founding generation’s repudiation of usurpation of power, born of its own dreadful experience ...

PORTLAND, Maine (WGME) -- Maine Senator Angus King says the Republican Party is allowing Donald Trump to have too much power.

Only 1 in 10 Americans believe the current checks and balances for the three branches of government are very effective, says ...

Rand Paul of Kentucky emerged as one of the few elected Republican members of Congress willing to stand in defiance of ... to ...

Large majorities of U.S. adults support the role of the courts and Congress in serving as checks on presidential power, even ...

The checks and balances that are foundational to democracy are dismantled ... and threatens the few Republican members of Congress who dare question his decisions. One of the first things the ...

Among other shortcomings, Congress has refused to challenge unqualified individuals who have now been appointed to critical Cabinet posts or to take swift action to review President Donald Trump’s ...

In the early days of Trump’s second term, Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski has openly challenged or rebuked him at least three ...