On the eve of President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address, two-thirds of Americans say the system of checks and balances that divides power between the White House, Congress and the courts is ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. President Donald Trump poses with members of Montana's federal delegation — Sen. Tim Sheehy, Rep. Ryan Zinke, and Rep. Troy ...

As donald trump has muscled his agenda forward, I have often wondered when—if ever—Congress might try to assert its authority. This week it seemed to stir when confronted with an unusual question: was ...

This week marks one year since Donald Trump re-entered the White House, and we'll be delving into various aspects of his presidency. Congressional correspondent Lisa Desjardins begins our coverage by ...

The new Ken Burns documentary, "The American Revolution," provides a special opportunity to learn why our nation’s founders chose liberty and built a democracy based on three branches of government ...

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump will stand before Congress on Tuesday to deliver the annual State of the Union address to ...