And despite coming into office with such power vested in the executive, President Donald Trump has overseen an aggressive effort to slash his own branch, to the relief of conservatives in Congress.

Trump’s approach signals that power has been diverted away from Congress and that the executive branch is assuming increased lawmaking authority — a trend that will likely continue into future ...

Since returning to office, President Trump has moved quickly to reshape the federal government. His actions, which have moved to put more power under his purview, align with a belief in some ...

WASHINGTON − President Donald Trump is embracing a decades-old theory that could give him unprecedented control over the executive branch, setting up a showdown with Congress and the courts that ...

The judiciary exists to interpret laws and ensure they comply with the Constitution. If the executive branch were to violate the constitutional rights of individuals—for example, by attempting ...

While the vice president, along with the chief justice of the United States, is a member of the board by law, the executive branch does not have authority over the institution. Six members of its ...

Roberts warned that, without the power to remove executive-branch officers, “the President could not be held fully accountable for discharging his own responsibilities; the buck would stop somewhere ...

Sharece Thrower, a political science professor at Vanderbilt University who studies the executive branch, said recent U.S. presidents had been more circumspect of legal boundaries when issuing ...