Article II of the Constitution begins with a simple declarative sentence: “The executive power shall be vested in a president of the United States of America.” Those 15 words are at the heart of a key ...

Trump’s sweeping use of executive orders is pushing the Supreme Court to decide how much power the presidency really has.

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 some ...

On Monday, President Trump moved to fire Lisa Cook, a Biden-nominated member of the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors. He moved to fire Cook for “cause,” and that cause is clear enough: According ...

Anticipating a federal government shutdown, Arkansas’ executive branch agencies were prepared to furlough an estimated 264 ...