the top Democrat on the Appropriations Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch. “On behalf of President Donald J. Trump, I am writing to inform you that your position as the Librarian of Congress ...

The slew of executive orders indicates a shift in power away from the legislative branches and also indicates that Trump has a clear set of priorities he wants to accomplish during this term ...

Lawmakers have reached a deal for a two-year operating budget, though crucial elements of the proposal are still being worked out in these final days of the legislative session. “We’re ...

5. Days of observance The legislative branches passed a couple of bills relating to days of observance. SB96, sponsored by more than a dozen senators on both sides of the aisle, would designate ...

President Donald Trump racked up another “L” in court Tuesday after a federal judge ordered his administration to reinstate Voice of America and several other government-funded news services ...

Every student learns about the three branches of government in civics class. There's the legislative branch, the judicial branch and the executive branch. But in Tennessee, there's an unusual ...

The Constitution is clear: Congress is the preeminent branch of the federal government. The powers of the legislative branch are listed in Article I of the Constitution, while the powers of the ...

The Republicans who lead Congress have refused to use the power of the legislative branch to stop him or moderate him, in this or almost any other matter. The Cabinet is composed of sycophants and ...

They need to try stuff. Their strongest tool to rein in Trump isn’t the few, far-between, and illusory moments of legislative leverage. It’s not the courts. They have to get the word out about ...

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A functioning Congress should be thanking these judges for performing the basic oversight duties that fall, first and foremost, to the legislative branch. Instead, Republican leaders are now ...