The House Appropriations Committee advanced a draft spending bill that would slash the budget for the Government ...

The legislative branch doesn't just propose bills and craft federal law though, it is also key to checking the power of the judicial and executive branches.

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, ...

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

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.

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.

“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 ...

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

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 ...