The ability of our elected representatives to make optimally informed decisions about programs and budgets is constrained by ...

Elon Musk is making major moves to reshape the federal government and President Donald Trump is standing behind his billionaire friend.

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With an executive order, the president can’t write a new statute, but an order can tell federal agencies how to implement a ...

The billionaire’s DOGE team has launched an all-out assault on federal agencies, triggering numerous legal objections.

Sometimes a constitutional crisis sneaks up on you, shrouded in darkness, revealing itself gradually. Other times it ...

The Supreme Court majority built by Donald Trump could uphold efforts to expand presidential authority based on the legal ...

But this morning, Ed Martin, the interim U.S. attorney for Washington, D.C., released a letter he wrote to Musk declaring ...

Trump’s second term is all about curtailing government’s power and reach.

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Federal employees face a flood of executive orders, termination notices, and a breakdown in communication. As the third week ...

On Monday, U.S. District Judge Loren L. AliKhan in Washington extended a temporary restraining order that set aside the ...