Most in a new poll said the system of checks and balances in the U.S. government is not working well. When asked about the functioning of “the system of checks and balances between the executive, ...

President Donald Trump’s authoritarian assault on America’s constitutional democracy, as unbearable to the naked eye as ...

ATLANTA (AP) — It’s what one historian calls an “elaborate, clunky machine,” one that’s been fundamental to American democracy for more than two centuries. Trump Management 101: World leaders adapt to ...

Opinion: Trump’s trampling of the Constitution is largely attributable to the demise of checks and balances, seen by the ...

Money is power. In our system of government, that power was intended to rest squarely with Congress. Yet in recent years, we’ve seen presidents of both parties find ways to ...

The Kansas Legislature overrode a record number of Governor Kelly's vetoes in the 2025 session, raising concerns about the balance of power. The legislative supermajority's ability to override vetoes ...

President Trump has sought to deliver on his promise to streamline government by cutting more than 200,000 federal jobs since taking office for his second term, but with 174 pending lawsuits against ...

During 35 years with the Department of Justice, I helped investigate and prosecute murderers, mobsters, gang members, drug dealers, white collar criminals, and corrupt public officials and law ...

From attacking law firms and the press to using the Department of Justice to target political opponents to hiking H-1B visa ...

The White House has operated a unified government since President Donald Trump’s January inauguration. With Republican majorities in the United States House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate and ...

As such history vividly demonstrates, checks and balances are not theoretical. They are the living framework that guards against injustice. Without courts to scrutinize executive actions, or ...

ATLANTA (AP) — It’s what one historian calls an “elaborate, clunky machine,” one that’s been fundamental to American democracy for more than two centuries. The principle of “checks and balances” is ...