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President Donald Trump, beginning his voyage last month into his second four-year term in the White House, has assembled ...

Half a century ago Congress, the courts, other key institutions within and outside of the government, and the American public ...

President Donald Trump drew a great deal of criticism from Democrats as well as from Never Trump conservatives when he fired ...

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A 1974 law requires the president to spend the appropriations passed by Congress or seek its permission to suspend funding.

During the dismal days that followed Watergate and the resignation of President Richard Nixon, there was a dark-humored joke that made the rounds. It went something like this: As Nixon was making his ...

The Trump administration's move could result in a constitutional clash over control of taxpayer money and expansion of executive power, with the Supreme Court serving as referee.

President Trump is impounding funds already legally authorized by Congress, in defiance of law, precedent, and arguably the ...

Trump vowed to rid the Justice Department of what he says is partisan bias. Ex-officials say he's using retaliation and ...