The House Appropriations Committee advanced a draft fiscal 2026 Legislative Branch spending bill on Thursday that would slash ...

But since the power struggle at the library, there have been some rebuffs of Trump’s efforts to assert control over the legislative branch’s premier research body. Perlmutter is disputing her ...

“DOGE’s attempted intrusion into an independent, nonpartisan legislative branch agency is a direct assault on our nation’s sacred separation of powers,” said Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va ...

An attempt by DOGE to assign a team to the independent Government Accountability Office was rejected Friday. The GAO is part of the legislative branch and not subject to DOGE's request.

The legislative branch of the U.S. federal government uses a bicameral system, in addition to all of the U.S. states, with the exception of Nebraska. U.S. cities, by contrast, commonly use the ...

Donald Trump’s administration is pushing to take over the Library of Congress, its latest effort to subsume the legislative branch.

The legislative branch made the laws through a Congress of two houses, the Senate and the House of Representatives. The executive branch enforced the laws through a president, ...

Importantly, since the comptroller general is a legislative branch officer who must be independent, Congress needs to consider eliminating the president from the process.

President Donald Trump's effort to exert control over the Library of Congress could give him an unprecedented amount of leverage over the legislative branch.

In many ways, this is a triumph of the legislative branch of government, reasserting the role of Congress in levying tariffs and establishing limits on the executive branch.

The case is the latest example of efforts by the Trump administration to erase the traditional lines that separate the branches of government.

Legislative watchdog rebuffs DOGE efforts to install on-site team “DOGE’s attempted intrusion into an independent, nonpartisan legislative branch agency is a direct assault on our nation’s ...