Congress last passed a “real” budget that funded appropriations for an entire year in 1996. That is 29 years ago.

Congress has control of federal spending. During the government shutdown, Trump is changing that.

One of the speakers, Todd Zimmerman, Chairman of the Schuylkill County Democratic Party, emphasized that the rally’s central ...

President Donald Trump’s authoritarian assault on America’s constitutional democracy, as unbearable to the naked eye as watching an eclipse, has proceeded at a pace that has shocked academic experts ...

On the surface, the rallies were a resounding success; yet, when you look beyond the slogans and defiant rhetoric, it is difficult to discern where progress has been made.

The rallies coincide with the 18th day of a government shutdown and what national organizers describe as a test of American ...

Opinion: Congress and the U.S. Supreme Court are abdicating their responsibilities and allowing the executive branch to ...

Proposition 50 also is opposed on idealistic grounds — particularly by former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and wealthy GOP donor Charles Munger Jr. Both were strong backers of creating the independent ...

Within days, tens of millions of low-income Americans may lose assistance for food, child care and utilities if the federal government remains shut down.

Australia has slipped in a global rule of law ranking due to a decline in checks and balances, judicial limits on government ...

In countries with a clean government, regularity is presumed in public services, with state auditors and systems of checks ...