The Trump administration has submitted an emergency petition to the U.S. Supreme Court requesting a stay of a D.C. Circuit ...

Emergency powers that are too broad — as long as voters can correct them — are better than emergency powers too narrow to ...

Defying the courts can bring significant consequences. Past presidents have sent the military when Southern governors refused to integrate schools. But what if the refuser is the president? “The ...

Only a week into President Donald Trump's second term and he has already tested the limits of executive power, a strategy to implement -- with blazing speed -- a controversial and bold conservative ...

President Trump promised a record number of executive orders on his first day in office. For a closer look at the power of these orders and their limits, Amna Nawaz spoke with Andrew Rudalevige, ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Outraged Democrats are testing the limits of their diminished power as they try to stop the stunning power grabs of President Donald Trump and his chief lieutenant, Elon Musk. The ...

The Trump administration is testing the limits of the federal court system to constrain the president, brushing aside court orders, harshly attacking judges and, in some cases, finding ways to ...

A test of the limits of presidential power is playing out in New Jersey. In two days, the acting U.S. attorney will be someone who was just fired by the Department of Justice. Alina Habba's 120-day ...

Public expectations of presidents often exceed their formal powers, leading them to stretch executive authority. Trump, like other presidents, uses constitutional, statutory, and emergency powers to ...