He wanted his aides to tell diplomats, “I’m sorry ... he is out of control ... you don’t know the man,” or that he’s a ...

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

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

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

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

Sebastian Stan has been nominated for Best Actor for his performance as Donald Trump in The Apprentice, making him the ninth ...

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Donald Trump is the first president to use the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to impose tariffs, teeing up likely legal battles that will test his executive authority.

Traditional finance says an asset’s fair value is the net present value of all future cash flows, which would mean that ...

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 push for a sweeping pause on federal grants and loans totaling potentially trillions of dollars is ...