President Trump is bringing in backup at the FBI, installing a staunch legal ally in a newly created leadership post. Andrew Bailey, Missouri’s attorney general, is joining the Justice ...

In the long run, an overhaul of China's social safety net would boost the consumption power of households, benefiting the ...

The judiciary’s credibility will continue to suffer until elected lawmakers set reliable restraints to thwart Judge [James] ...

As most separation of powers/administrative law scholars know, the Roberts Court has consistently applied the unitary executive branch theory (UET) across Democratic and Republican administrations.

Trump’s critics and some allies question his silence on admissions policies that give applicants a boost because of their ...

Social Security's chief actuary said in a letter that trust fund insolvency moved up due to recent tax changes, potentially triggering benefit cuts for millions in less than a decade.

For now, the Voting Rights Act imposes some restraints, but the court has also signaled it could further weaken the landmark law that protects minority voters.

Justices of the US Supreme Court sit for a formal group photograph at the Supreme Court in Washington, DC, on Friday, Oct. 7, 2022. The partisan gap in public opinion of the court is growing, ...

Those are the basics. Behind the numbers lies a deeper story  of how Social Security has grown into the largest federal program and one of the most popular and how cascading demographic and economic ...

The Supreme Court may extinguish a law that more than any other made the promise of American democracy a reality.

Even with new curbs on their powers, district judges have found ways to broadly halt some of the administration’s actions.