This is known as the separation of powers. The Constitution separates the power of government into three distinct branches. The legislative branch makes the laws. It is run by US Congress and it's ...

This week’s events were a preview of the perils of governing that face Trump and Republicans in Congress, despite their ...

They posit a fourth branch of government outside of the executive branch and lean on the idea of a 10-year term for the ...

If Republicans in the House and Senate go along with this ruse, they’ll be rendering Congress a no-longer-co-equal branch of the federal government. And whether they want to preserve Congress as ...