Opinion: The founders understood that giving Congress the exclusive power to declare war was the crown jewel of the Constitution.

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 concerns about the balance of powers.

The Constitution gives Congress the power to declare war, but presidents assert broad authority over use of force and the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. But there was a time when Americans saw Congress stand up to a president who unilaterally took the country to war. It was at the ...

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

Kansas Democratic congressional candidates are "fed up" with Congress and want it to reassert its power, especially on ...

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

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Congress has attempted to terminate the U.S. military involvement in Iran by passing a concurrent resolution, but the ...

The U.S. Congress is about to launch a war powers debate over President Donald Trump's authority to bomb Iran under largely unusual circumstances — he has already done it, and the country is ...