Long the most critical branch of the federal government, Congress has ceded much of its own institutional power. Here's how ...

Trump’s second presidency has accelerated the growth of executive power at the expense of the legislative branch, raising ...

Congress will vote this week on whether to authorize President Donald Trump's war in Iran. It may not matter, experts say.

Lawmakers could vote as soon as this week on a resolution aimed at restricting President Trump's military authority against ...

The 9/11 attacks were a sea change in U.S. foreign policy and diminished congressional authority, with partisanship on ...

Multiple times during Donald Trump’s second presidency, Congress has debated his military authority, first in Latin America ...

After the war powers resolution failed in the U.S. Senate, the U.S. House of Representatives is set to vote on its version ...

As some lawmakers claim the U.S. strikes were unconstitutional because Congress wasn’t notified, Republican leaders say the ...

The framers of the Constitution believed liberty lived in the friction between governmental branches ...

With the strikes on Iran already underway, the main mechanism for Congress to try to halt it is the War Powers Act ...

Our constitutional framers boldly and ambitiously granted Congress the power to declare war yet granted the executive the ...

The Constitution gives Congress the power of the purse. It is one of the legislature’s central responsibilities and one of the most important checks on the executive branch. Yet in modern Washington, ...