Donald Trump isn’t the first president to order military strikes without congressional approval. But his decision to bomb Iran comes at a uniquely volatile moment — both at home and abroad.Overseas, ...

Congress is actively debating whether to overhaul the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act of 2012. A congressional hearing is scheduled for April 7.

President Donald J. Trump sent Congress a formal rescissions package proposing to cancel $9.3 billion in previously ...

Some members of Congress violated the law more egregiously than others. GOP Rep. Pat Fallon of Texas, for example, violated the STOCK Act multiple times and waited months to disclose up to $17 ...

Neil Irwin: Your book uses the battle over the Dodd-Frank Act to explain how Congress works, when it works. On one hand, this seems to be a story of the American political system proving ...

It’s that time again. The last act of Congress funding the federal government expires on September 30. So, unless Congress passes new funding legislation by then, much of the government will ...

The War Powers Act of 1973 allows Congress to use this avenue, but because this type of resolution does not have to be signed by the president, it’s largely symbolic.

Tiny fish - the snail darter, for example, in the South, recovered because of the Endangered Species Act. ... The Endangered Species Act is an act of Congress, and so we follow it to the letter.

For thousands of families in North Carolina, West Virginia, and Virginia who want their stolen livelihoods back the likely answer is that it’s going to take an act of Congress.

Advocates cite examples of past presidents impounding various programs until Congress shut down the practice with 1974’s Impoundment Control Act, which Trump allies view as an unconstitutional ...

List: Examples of Trump’s Actions That Are Defying Legal Limits. ... No matter. On Monday, Mr. Trump was asked whether he needed an act of Congress to do away with the agency.