We disagree so much in this country that it’s heartening to find an idea that nearly everybody supports—at least generally.

Federal judges across the country have flexed their authority at President Donald Trump as he moves to rapidly reshape the ...

A federal judge on Wednesday clarified that the executive branch under President Donald Trump retains some authority to pause ...

In an extract from The Conversation’s new book on democracy, we chart the origins of the parties that dominate politics today ...

Trump and his allies are continuing to question judicial oversight of the executive branch, ramping up criticism of judges who've put some of his agenda on pause.

While Democrats have been speaking out against President Donald Trump's federal cuts, Republicans are just beginning to stir.

Mitch McConnell has gone from being one of the most powerful men in the GOP, the face of conservatism, to failing to convince ...

Trump may ultimately defy judges and the rule of law, but at first he’ll bid for Supreme Court recognition of vastly expanded ...

President Trump wants interest rates to be lowered and said he spoke with Russia’s Vladimir Putin and Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky.

In 1803, Chief Justice John Marshall first expressed the principle that while Congress makes the laws and the president ...

When the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its ruling in the 1832 case Worcester v. Georgia, so the story goes, President Andrew ...

But at a press conference at the White House yesterday, Donald Trump sat dumbly and looked off into space as Musk showed a lack of understanding of this system. Musk was asked about his “hostile ...