Much of the litigation surrounding the new Trump administration turns in part on "unitary executive" theory - the idea that the president should have near-total control over the executive branch ...

in part by giving the president and attorney general control over executive branch agencies' interpretation of the law. Section 7 of the order reads: The President and the Attorney General ...

Harris argues that because Article II of the Constitution makes the president the head of the executive branch, he has the unrestricted power to remove all executive officers, including the heads ...

US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday stating that only the “President and the Attorney General shall provide authoritative interpretations of the law for the executive branch ...

WASHINGTON − President Donald Trump is embracing a decades-old theory that could give him unprecedented control over the executive branch, setting up a showdown with Congress and the courts that ...

a president can order the federal government to take any steps that are within the scope of the constitutional authority of the executive branch and do not violate any federal law.

WASHINGTON, Feb 14 (Reuters) - Donald Trump's broad assertions of power appear to be advancing an aggressive version of a legal doctrine called the "unitary executive" theory that envisions vast ...

Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency has sent out a second mass e-mail to executive branch employees requiring them to list their weekly accomplishments by midnight Monday — but ...

Most of my adult life has been dedicated to public service in the fire and emergency services field. Politically, my views have been what my old friend, the late U.S. Senator Joe Lieberman ...

'Unitary Executive' Theory May Reach Supreme Court as Trump Wields Sweeping Power By John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Trump's broad assertions of power appear to be advancing an ...

An executive order is a written directive from the president ordering the executive branch to take action to implement and follow existing laws. The president is granted this power under Article ...

Congress is meant to conduct oversight of the executive branch, and Republican Rep. Young Kim said she is prepared to ensure it does just that. Kim, R-Anaheim Hills, said she is an “independent ...