Trump has spent the first year of his second term pushing the limits of presidential power. He’s the latest in a long line of ...

The fast fade of a co-equal branch of government ...

In the name of protecting the balance of powers, the Court is radically refashioning that balance.

American flags fly in front of the U.S. Capitol at sunrise, Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025, in Washington. Credit: Julia Demaree Nikhinson / AP This story is part of CT Mirror Explains, an ongoing effort to ...

This December on Capitol Hill appears to follow a familiar script. There’s a deadline for Congress to act on (insert issue here). And if lawmakers don’t move by Jan. 1, then (insert consequence here).

Congress is wrapping up the year in the shadow of the longest government shutdown and with a growing reputation as the least productive in modern history. "Congress is in a coma. It has a pulse, but ...

Congress is preparing to use the War Powers Resolution’s fast-track machinery to force a recorded vote on whether President Trump must end U.S. “hostilities within or against Venezuela” that Congress ...

The resolution created different sections of statutory code. A part the Senate is weighing using has not been widely seen as ...