Trump would have to oust the current FBI director, Christopher Wray, whom he appointed in 2017 and who was supposed to remain in the post until 2027. Patel still faces the Senate confirmation process, in which senators would get the chance to examine his origin story, unremarkable legal ...
David Streitfeld
Abraham Lincoln later expanded executive power during the Civil War, bypassing Congress to preserve the Union and abolish slavery, the most contentious and significant political question since the country’s founding. Despite such departures from Constitutional procedure—sometimes for good reasons—the sys...
Washington himself would write to James Madison of his own conduct and concerns with all this, “As the first of everything in our situation will serve to establish a precedent, it is devoutly wished on my part that these precedents be fixed on true principles.” ...
Equifax as a company hasn't faced many consequences. In January,Democratic senators proposed a lawthat would require credit-reporting agencies to protect the data they've amassed and pay a fine if they're hacked. The bill never went anywhere. ...
Why Carbon Prices are Rising & How to Invest Summary: New legislation introduced to congress this month would make it possible for the U.S. agriculture industry to sell carbon credits to corporations that need them, seeing as farming provides vast opportunities to sequester carbon in the soil. ...
Theframers of the Constitutionintentionally made it difficult for Congress to remove a sitting president. The impeachment process starts in the House of Representatives with a formal impeachment inquiry. If the House Judiciary Committee finds sufficient grounds, its members write and pass articles of ...
While many Americans struggle to save forretirement, elected representatives and senators in the United States Congress receive substantial pension benefits for life. Though Congressional retirement pay is not typically a big election-year issue, it might serve as evidence of a disconnect between la...
Congress returns to Washington this week — and comes back for a race against the clock to avoid a partial shutdown come the end of Friday.
Four senators introduced a bipartisan bill todaythat wouldprohibit companieswith links to China from claiming the climate law’s lucrative advanced manufacturing production tax credit. Federal regulators approved a 20-year license renewalfor the Comanche Peak nuclear plant in Texas,extending the facility’...