A coalition of 14 states has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration and Elon Musk, challenging the legality of ...

Bruce Springsteen said, “The last check on power after the checks and balances of government have failed are the people, you ...

America’s Long History of ‘Checks and Balances’ Is Being Tested ... George Washington chartered the First Bank of the United States in 1791. Federalists, led by Treasury Secretary Alexander ...

During a recent interview, Vice President JD Vance argued that the idea that the Supreme Court should check the power of the ...

A Washington, D.C., federal judge ruled Tuesday that Elon Musk’s role leading the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) ...

The shift toward executive dominance didn’t happen overnight. It was the result of reforms aimed at efficiency, legislative disengagement, fiscal dependency and a fraying civic fabric.

Why is the United States Constitution the world’s longest surviving written charter of government in the world? Could it be ...

The failure of formal checks and balances to significantly stymie Trump is painfully clear. It is also not unprecedented. As ...

Like overlapping or concentric circles, the individual branches of government are granted specific powers. They are designed ...

On Friday evening, Moody’s downgraded the United States’ overall credit-rating—from the highest level of AAA—to one notch ...

Worries may persist for a few weeks about Moody's U.S. credit rating downgrade, but the historical indicators of the U.S. economy, the Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500, and Nasdaq Composite, ...

FILE - A person holds a copy of the Constitution of the United States of America and ... The principle of “checks and balances” is rooted in the Constitution's design of a national government ...