It's the latest proof that Trump has no interest in waiting for Congress to take action, opting instead to implement his policies through legally dubious executive orders. In the face of Trump’s ...

One of the bleak ironies of our ongoing constitutional crisis is that federal courts are attempting to do a job that would, ideally, be performed by Congress—and rather than show gratitude ...

Consider in the same period of time, Congress has enacted just five laws, a low watermark in modern congressional history for this time period. To a large extent, Trump is enjoying the spoils of ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would shake his head at this title. During Netenyahu’s speech to Congress last year, he took time for an interesting aside. The accused war criminal declared ...

It is no coincidence that the first article of the U.S. Constitution, the one the Framers prioritized, defines the powers of Congress, not the president. The Framers assumed Congress would play ...

Drew Penrose is a policy strategist at Protect Democracy and a lead author of “Where Will They All Sit?” Norman Ornstein is a former resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute and a ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson invited Trump to share his “America First” vision for the country with members of congress. President Donald Trump will address a joint session of Congress tonight ...

It’s a contentious battle continuing to play out in Congress. Two years overdue, Congress still hasn’t passed a new farm bill, and as the calendar approaches the half-way point of 2025 ...

Question: Can Congress stop tariffs? Answer: While I have written about tariffs before, questions about trade and regulation are understandably filling up my email box. In the current environment ...

What more is it going to take before Congress realizes that the scandals of congressional insider trading are not going away. The public overwhelmingly wants Congress to stop playing on the stock ...

The United States is living in a perfect storm: an emboldened executive branch making increasingly aggressive power grabs while a passive Congress stands idly by. The implications of this inaction ...

The surprise firing of the head of the Library of Congress and efforts to install Trump loyalists at the iconic institution have stirred bipartisan pushback on Capitol Hill. By Maya C. Miller and ...