Five Republicans just voted with Democrats to block Trump’s tariffs. This proves Congress can act. So why isn’t it using that same power to address hunger, health care costs or undeclared wars? The ...

The Constitution gives Congress the power of the purse and oversight over military actions, but recent actions by the White ...

Since assuming office in January, Mr. Trump and his top aides, seasoned from their first stint in the White House, have ...

The National Firearms Act of 1934 (NFA) is back in federal court – this time in Jensen v. ATF, a case that could reshape how ...

What if the whole purpose of the Constitution was to establish and to limit the federal government? What if Congress's 16 enumerated ...

Some lawmakers worry that the impasse is ceding their authority over federal spending to an increasingly assertive president.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks with Politico's Jonathan Martin about Congress ceding the "power of the purse" over to President Trump. Next, we follow up on the larger meaning of a vote in Congress.

Fresh off its summer recess, Congress faces its biggest test in decades. Unlike big legislative fights of the past, this one could pass by without a notice. But the next few months will determine ...

"The President has no independent constitutional authority to impose tariffs. Indeed, when the Framers enumerated Congress's ...