We went to the experts to look at the power of the executive branch of government and where Donald Trump fits in to those who signed executive actions ...

The president’s blizzard of executive orders is a bold challenge to the powers of Congress and the courts. The Constitution expects them to check and balance.

Trump’s executive order stripping federal workers of legal protections is the most dangerous of his unlawful power grabs. But ...

The first two weeks of the Trump administration have brought dramatic proposals and unprecedented changes to the government. Our new series, On Democracy, is taking a step back to look at big ...

Legislative power in Austin flows from three sources: the governor, the lieutenant governor and the House speaker. Each has ...

Gov. Andy Beshear tells Black History Month celebration that President Donald Trump’s blaming diversity for a deadly midair ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson defended Elon Musk’s role in the Trump administration after being grilled by a reporter from the ...

Readers point out that the cost of tariffs are passed onto American consumers. Other readers sound alarms about preserving democracy.

The Framers understood that part of human nature is to amass, entrench and ultimately abuse power, so there must be ...

As Stein concludes the first month of his term, The Chronicle analyzed the state government’s veto history from 1997 to 2024 ...

There are three main ways to go on this business of Donald Trump's abruptly presuming to restrict the terms and availability of ongoing federal grants. There is a Republican way, a Democratic way and ...

In his first week in office, President Trump displayed an unusually expansive vision of executive authority. He challenged ...