WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate confirmed Russell Vought as White House budget director on Thursday night, putting an official ...

In the radical opening weeks of his second term, President Trump has appeared to feel little constraint by any need to show ...

Why it matters: Within hours of taking office, Trump dared the courts, Congress and his fragmented opposition to stand in the way of what could be his most enduring legacy: a radical expansion of ...

California good governance experts are warning the expansion of presidential power under a second Trump administration could cast aside expertise and the public good to further purely political aims.

This represents a huge potential expansion of presidential power, which the Founders never intended and which threatens to foster White House corruption. Trump picked up on the implications ...

WASHINGTON — President Trump has begun his second term pressing his power to reshape the government by firing federal officials, ending diversity policies and deporting immigrants who are in ...

And the Republicans control both chambers of Congress, so they may well accede to this radical expansion of presidential power. But another goal is to chill dissent and opposing views from states ...

The expansion of presidential powers poses a challenge to democratic governance based on the separation of powers. During the first Trump administration, some senior officials managed to curb the ...

Donald Trump’s recent actions have highlighted the vast scope of the presidential pardon power. By pardoning approximately 1,500 people charged with participating in the January 6, 2021 ...