The Trump administration wants a judicial showdown over independent agencies. The history is muddled—and the consequences ...

Donald Trump’s whirlwind of action in the first seven weeks of his second term provokes mouth-agape admiration from the right ...

In his first 6 weeks in office President Donald Trump has issued more executive orders than any other president in U.S.

A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to turnover documents and answer questions regarding "DOGE's and Musk's role ...

Much of the litigation surrounding the new Trump administration turns in part on "unitary executive" theory - the idea that the president should have near-total control over the executive branch ...

So, what is unitary executive theory and why does it matter, including to those of us in education policy? Let’s commence ...

in part by giving the president and attorney general control over executive branch agencies' interpretation of the law. Section 7 of the order reads: The President and the Attorney General ...

a president can order the federal government to take any steps that are within the scope of the constitutional authority of the executive branch and do not violate any federal law.

Harris argues that because Article II of the Constitution makes the president the head of the executive branch, he has the unrestricted power to remove all executive officers, including the heads ...

Anne Meeker, a former congressional staff member, says layoffs in the executive branch lessen agencies' abilities to deal with citizens.

US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday stating that only the “President and the Attorney General shall provide authoritative interpretations of the law for the executive branch ...

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 ...