Some are thrilled by the number of executive actions. Others see it as executive overreach. What is a U.S. president really ...

The three branches of government prevent any one branch from becoming too powerful and create a system of checks and balances ...

The latest executive order by the president made clear that the billionaire’s cost-cutting team will have continuing ...

The direct air capture industry has ambitious plans to pull carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, but it’s vying for limited ...

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Agencies continue to suspend funding, despite multiple court orders blocking the federal freeze. Experts say the Trump ...

Executive orders allow a president to wield power without action from Congress ... Many of Trump's measures are likely to draw Democratic opposition. And in several major cases, the orders ...

President Joe Biden announced a major opinion Friday that the Equal Rights Amendment is ratified, enshrining its protections into the Constitution, a last-minute move that some believe could pave the ...

“Now, he is a nuclear power,” Trump said while signing a series of executive orders in the Oval Office. “I think he’ll be happy to see I’m coming back.” Trump’s defense secretary ...

Only Congress can write laws or draw new funds from the Treasury, but the president has broad power in the execution and enforcement of those laws. Many executive orders deal with matters that ...

Unilateral actions like emergency declarations and executive orders cannot create new legal powers for a president ... to swiftly draw up a plan for a “campaign” to seal the border “by ...