Trump isn’t the first to overreach, and there’s bipartisan support for reform.

Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia says new legislation is needed to prevent the Trump administration's escalating actions ...

Lawmakers are navigating a familiar budget crisis, but a rarely used presidential tool is shifting the balance of power and ...

In our constitutional system, Congress is meant to be the supreme branch of government and any claims of 'coequal' branches ...

Congress is supposed to control spending, but increasingly, the White House is dictating how America’s money is used.

In a move reshaping Washington’s balance of power, President Donald Trump has weaponized an obscure budget tool, using the so ...

A group of protesters march at the U.S. Capitol Building on Capitol Hill on Tuesday in Washington, D.C. (Andrew Harnik / Getty Images) Fresh off its summer recess, Congress faces its biggest test in ...

For months the White House, intelligence agencies and large elements of Congress have been united in emphasizing the need to reauthorize the government's spying powers under Section 702 of the FISA ...

In June of 2025, President Donald J. Trump directed US aircraft to drop 30,000 pound bombs on nuclear facilities in Iran. Some legislators in Congress and some media complained that this was a ...

ABC News contributor James Sample and ACLU's Sarah Brannon discuss the Supreme Court, which appears ready to limit a key part ...

During the Trump administration, the Environmental Protection Agency canceled a $7 billion program aimed at making solar ...

Senate Democrats forced a vote under the War Powers Act aimed at blocking continued U.S. strikes on alleged drug-carrying ...