Refusing to fund the government is the primary way minority party lawmakers can check the excesses of the executive branch and the majority party.

Social studies class teaches government has three branches. Legislatures make laws. Presidents and governors enforce laws. Courts interpret laws when there’s conflict applying them. We believe checks ...

Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett spoke to CBS News' Norah O'Donnell about the highest court's independence from the other branches of government, which she discusses in her new book "Listening ...

A federal appeals court on Wednesday blocked the Trump administration from replacing the US’ top copyright official as the fight over executive branch firings and President Donald Trump’s use of ...

Congress returned to work after the Labor Day holiday with less than a month before it faces a potential partial government shutdown on Oct. 1 if it fails to come to an agreement on new funding ...

Hegseth teases new name for Department of Defense, inside the CDC exodus, and more Length: Long Speed: 1.0x The last time Congress faced a deadline to extend government funding, Senate Democrats ...

The jokes are true: the Navy is crawling with gay men! Would the Village People ever lie? How about we take this to the next level? Subscribe to our newsletter for a refreshing cocktail (or mocktail) ...

Pittsburgh-based PNC Bank is buying a competitor in Arizona and Colorado for $4.1 billion. The bank announced Monday morning it’s absorbing 95 FirstBank branches and $27 billion in assets. FirstBank ...

Despite a change in presidential administrations and a host of new initiatives under President Donald Trump, including the cost-cutting Department of Government Efficiency, the federal government ...

A federal appeals court ordered Shira Perlmutter reinstated Wednesday as the register of copyrights at the Library of Congress, as she challenges her firing in the Trump administration’s effort to ...

Congress returns from recess with the pressing task of approving spending bills to avoid a government shutdown by September 30. Congress returns Monday from a monthlong recess with the urgent task of ...