After declaring a public safety emergency Aug. 11 in Washington, D.C., President Donald Trump suggested that declaring a ...

Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen believes his Republican colleagues will not allow President Donald Trump to keep the ...

The federal budget deficits caused by President Donald Trump’s tax and spending law could trigger automatic cuts to Medicare ...

After declaring a public safety emergency Aug. 11 in Washington, D.C., President Donald Trump suggested that declaring a national emergency would let him bypass the law’s limits.

Congress rarely uses the Congressional Review Act to disapprove of federal agency rules. When it does, reporters call the CRA “obscure” and argue Congress is “pushing the bounds of a little-known ...

“Congress can grant him that authority,” he said. “But Congress also has the authority to even change the Home Rule Act.” They could give him greater power or even repeal the act altogether, he said.

The 1973 law granted the city a greater degree of self-governance. It also allows the president to federalize D.C.'s police ...

The aim is to use these emergency powers and claims of national security threats to cement Trump’s unitary control of the government. With Congress in Trump’s pocket, the cour ...

For years, Idaho state lawmakers have worried the federal government might cut Medicaid funds. That’s partly why the ...

President Donald Trump announced Monday that he is putting Washington, D.C. police "under direct federal control" -- invoking ...

Far from being a new debate brought on by current events, the discussion over extending home rule to Washingtonians has been ...

While Trump is in office, the U.S. military might be the last line of defense for protecting our democratic republic, since ...