Does the future of the free world come down to who oversees the Library of Congress? Events of the past five days suggest as much, with a pitched battle over who may serve as interim Librarian and ...

Donald Trump’s administration is attempting a hostile takeover of the Library of Congress — an agency that is part of the legislative branch and functions as its research arm in addition to ...

In his first 100 days, Donald Trump signed only five bills into law—fewer than any other modern president. In a period rife ...

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 ...

(Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2023) Fiscal gobbledygook: Has anyone actually tried to watch the legislative budget ... items in the Legislature’s budget worksheets. You can find those on the ...

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 ...

In the words of the Court, the legislative branch "is not permitted to abdicate or to transfer to others the essential legislative functions with which it is thus vested." The congressional ...

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 ...