The theory of the unitary executive is being put into practice by Donald Trump, and the field experiment isn’t going well. The theory states that the president has the right to fire, at will, any ...

As Elon Musk and his lieutenants look to cut spending and trim the ranks of the federal bureaucracy, sidestepping powers ...

Various checks and balances exist to calm the potential authoritarian drift of the new US president. Donald Trump's own ...

A federal judge in Boston will consider a request from 18 states to block President Donald Trump’s executive order ending ...

This past weekend my partner and I got together with a group of friends. We’ve been meeting every six weeks or so since 1982.

Given Republican control of Congress, the confirmation of Trump ultra-loyalist Pamela Bondi as his attorney general and the ...

The “Stop the Steal” advocate moved to withdraw his representation of a Jan. 6 defendant after moving to dismiss the case as ...

SPRINGFIELD — Illinois participated in one court battle with the Trump administration Thursday when a federal judge ...

All told, Trump has signed 54 executive orders in just over two weeks back in office, which is already more than any ...

A second federal judge in two days has blocked President Donald Trump’s effort to end birthright citizenship for the children of parents who are in the U.S. illegally, decrying what he ...

If the case reaches the Supreme Court, its conservative majority will be receptive to Donald J. Trump’s argument that ...