Only 1 in 10 Americans believe the current checks and balances for the three branches of government are very effective, says ...

NPR correspondents recap how funding cuts, layoffs and leadership and policy changes in the second Trump administration are affecting the Departments of Defense, State and Health and Human Services.

The vision of the Constitution we all learned in school, the one with three branches that are supposed to counterbalance one another, is not our reality.

Large majorities of U.S. adults support the role of the courts and Congress in serving as checks on presidential power, even ...

Mary Michel, of Moline, walked along Moline’s 6th Avenue on Saturday carrying three American flags in her left hand.

The courts can only do so much to protect us. Will more people be doomed to the fate of Kilmar Abrego Garcia?

Our Declaration of Independence was written in response to the many impositions of an abusive English king. The resistance did not originate at that time but began 560 years before. The Magna Carta ...

And so the well-being of our republic is at risk. The Constitution is clear: Congress is the preeminent branch of the federal government ... So yes, the three branches are equal, but Congress is first ...

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If you have voted, you must be aware that each party dreams of full occupancy of the three branches of our government. Democrats as well as Republicans wish to dominate the entire government. Who can ...

“The federal government has not detailed the reasons behind these terminations. We have notified the three students and ... and grave concern for many in our campus community,” Larive said.

They were arrested because they exercised their right to protest the complicity of our government in the violent actions of governments abroad. I don’t believe the matter is any more complicated than ...