The federal government of the United States of America is split into three separate and distinct branches. But what do the ...

Have you ever heard of anything referred to as the “fourth branch of government”? It’s a term that can be used to mean any entity that has influence over government beyond the three branches described ...

Checks and balances are essential to our representative democracy. Under our system of government, the legislative, executive and judicial branches provide balance and prevent each other from growing ...

Seven months after President Donald Trump launched his “Liberation Day” campaign of global economic protectionism, the ...

One of the National Security Agency's primary defenses against criticism has been that it is subject to robust oversight from all three branches of the federal government. In the past week, however, ...