Here is your guide to the three branches of the U.S. government. Start the day smarter. Get all the news you need in your ...

But with a recent survey showing that a third of American adults can’t name the three branches of the federal government, many think we should be aiming higher. Over the past few years ...

The checks and balances that hold a functioning democracy together may be coming under threat in the United States ...

‘DEATH BY A THOUSAND CUTS’ — Anti-abortion activists and their allies in government are hoping this is the year they finally take down Planned Parenthood by going after the federal funding that makes ...

The Framers understood that part of human nature is to amass, entrench and ultimately abuse power, so there must be ...

Even a somewhat informed observer might wonder why President Donald Trump and the Republicans, who control all three branches ...

The House speaker doesn’t seem to care too much that there are supposed to be three equal branches of government.

This is known as the separation of powers. The Constitution separates the power of government into three distinct branches. The legislative branch makes the laws. It is run by US Congress and it's ...

Never has our future been more unpredictable, never have we depended so much on political forces that cannot be trusted to follow the rules of common ...

Jan. 30 (UPI) --The latest turn in the ongoing saga over TikTok in the United States has brought the balance of power among the three branches of government into the spotlight. Hours after TikTok ...

But with a recent survey by the Annenberg Public Policy Center showing that about a third of American adults can’t name the three branches of the federal government, many think we should be aiming ...

Even a somewhat informed observer might wonder why President Donald Trump and the Republicans, who control all three branches ...