In our political system, checks and balances are the mechanisms that equitably distribute power. Checks and balances prevent any one institution or individual from exercising too much independent ...

FILE - A person holds a copy of the Constitution of the United States of America and Declaration of Independence at a May Day rally for the Rule of Law, May 1, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Adam Gray, ...

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 ...

Recently, the US government went into a shutdown as the ruling Republicans couldn't muster enough votes in the Senate. The ...

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 ...

Our beloved country teeters on the edge of autocracy. The checks and balances that are foundational to democracy are dismantled as President Trump declares himself the source of all federal law, ...

On June 24, a letter writer offers a shallow history lesson before declaring, “Protesting a king in 2025 is not just absurd; it’s a willful distortion of reality.” He justifies his claim by pointing ...

Whatever happened to the idea of checks and balances in our government? I have never heard before so many comments from members of Congress about “supporting the President’s agenda.” Shouldn’t they be ...