The new Ken Burns documentary, The American Revolution, provides a special opportunity to learn why our nation's founders ...

WASHINGTON – American democracy hinges on the idea that each branch of government prevents the others from taking too much power. Trump has demanded Republicans in the U.S. Senate agree to "recess ...

ATLANTA (AP) — It’s what one historian calls an “elaborate, clunky machine,” one that’s been fundamental to American democracy for more than two centuries. Supreme Court issues emergency order ...

At first, the unfolding scandal involving New York City Mayor Eric Adams and the Justice Department was seen mostly as a local issue, having little significance beyond the city’s five boroughs. The ...

Ben Franklin warned that we had “a republic if you can keep it.” And the phrase that famous baseball announcer Mel Allen used to respond to a well struck ball headed for a home run — “Going, going, ...

President Trump has sought to deliver on his promise to streamline government by cutting more than 200,000 federal jobs since taking office for his second term, but with 174 pending lawsuits against ...

During 35 years with the Department of Justice, I helped investigate and prosecute murderers, mobsters, gang members, drug dealers, white collar criminals, and corrupt public officials and law ...

In our political system, checks and balances are the mechanisms that equitably distribute power. Checks and balances prevent any one institution or individual from exercising too much independent ...

Washington, D.C. — Today, the Center for American Progress released a new report that explores several ways Project 2025 proposes to gut America’s 250-year-old system of checks and balances in order ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Oregon freshman Rep. Janelle Bynum said there are “no checks and balances” surrounding Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) who apparently has access to ...

ATLANTA (AP) — It’s what one historian calls an “elaborate, clunky machine,” one that’s been fundamental to American democracy for more than two centuries. The principle of “checks and balances” is ...