The U.S. federal government comprises 3 different branches: legislative, executive, and judicial. The powers of these three branches of government were defined in by the U.S. Constitution, which has ...

A potential pay raise for lawmakers — which would be a first in nearly 15 years — remains an open issue in negotiations over the final fiscal 2024 Legislative Branch appropriations measure.

The House Appropriations Committee advanced a draft fiscal 2026 Legislative Branch spending bill on Thursday that would slash the budget for the Government Accountability Office by nearly half and ...

MANILA, Philippines – Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan has urged the executive and legislative branches of government “to stand up and oppose” the Supreme Court. Pangilinan said the two branches must ...

It is often said that Congress is “broken.” But for each of the last fifty-nine years, Congress has enacted one major bill on a bipartisan basis without the looming threat of a crisis or shutdown: the ...

After a week of defending Hong Kong’s constitution, known as the Basic Law, and criticizing the legislators-elect for their improper swearing-in oaths, Hong Kong’s Chief Executive CY Leung and Justice ...

MINOT, N.D. — All due respect to Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem, who has announced that he'll be winding up a wonderful and very consequential career in North Dakota politics at the end of his ...