He wanted his aides to tell diplomats, “I’m sorry ... he is out of control ... you don’t know the man,” or that he’s a ...

Half a century ago Congress, the courts, other key institutions within and outside of the government, and the American public ...

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President Donald Trump drew a great deal of criticism from Democrats as well as from Never Trump conservatives when he fired ...

President Trump is impounding funds already legally authorized by Congress, in defiance of law, precedent, and arguably the ...

Richard Nixon tried the same thing Donald Trump is trying in not spending money Congress has already approved. It did not end ...

During the dismal days that followed Watergate and the resignation of President Richard Nixon, there was a dark-humored joke that made the rounds. It went something like this: As Nixon was making his ...

A 1974 law requires the president to spend the appropriations passed by Congress or seek its permission to suspend funding.

Trump is leading a revolution. The Democrats are still acting like he won the election because of the price of eggs. This is just depressing.

MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell describes how Donald Trump’s late-night purge of 18 independent inspectors general violates a law ...

Trump vowed to rid the Justice Department of what he says is partisan bias. Ex-officials say he's using retaliation and ...

The Trump administration’s push for a sweeping pause on federal grants and loans totaling potentially trillions of dollars is ...