Fractures within the Republican party have become plain after Senator Lisa Murkowski threatened to use her congressional ...

The Supreme Ayatollah is the head of state and the highest political and religious authority in Iran, above the president.

When the Senate returns from a weeklong recess, it will have six remaining appropriations bills to get across the finish line ...

The federal government of the United States of America is split into three separate and distinct branches. But what do the Executive, the Legislature and the Judiciary do and why are they necessary?

We are taught that our government is composed of three branches: executive,legislative and judicial. Purposefully designed, ...

In the 1970s, Congress passed a raft of laws to hold the White House accountable. President Trump has decided they don’t ...

This article originally appeared on ProPublica. North Carolina voters have chosen Democrats in three straight elections for governor; the state’s Republican-led legislature has countered by siphoning ...

WASHINGTON – The legal underpinnings of the nation remain strong, Chief Justice John Roberts said in an annual report Dec. 31 that looked ahead to the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of ...

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HAVANA TIMES – Brazil is living through the contradiction of a deterioration of its democracy, with its three branches of government in permanent conflict and losing legitimacy, precisely at the ...

Rather than showing up to court early next week to explain why there should not be a criminal contempt referral for prosecution issued against DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, the DOJ has asked a federal ...

WASHINGTON, Dec 8 (Reuters) - Conservative U.S. Supreme Court justices signaled on Monday they will uphold the legality of Donald Trump's firing of a Federal Trade Commission member and give a ...