Congress last passed a “real” budget that funded appropriations for an entire year in 1996. That is 29 years ago.

The framework for Oklahoma’s system of government contains a healthy distrust of concentrated power. When our founders drafted our state constitution, they saw what happened in other states when one ...

With food-stamp funding set to lapse Saturday, recipients are asking what happens to their benefits — and when help might ...

One of the speakers, Todd Zimmerman, Chairman of the Schuylkill County Democratic Party, emphasized that the rally’s central ...

President Donald Trump’s authoritarian assault on America’s constitutional democracy, as unbearable to the naked eye as watching an eclipse, has proceeded at a pace that has shocked academic experts ...

Opinion: Congress and the U.S. Supreme Court are abdicating their responsibilities and allowing the executive branch to ...

Within days, tens of millions of low-income Americans may lose assistance for food, child care and utilities if the federal government remains shut down.

The rallies coincide with the 18th day of a government shutdown and what national organizers describe as a test of American ...

On the surface, the rallies were a resounding success; yet, when you look beyond the slogans and defiant rhetoric, it is difficult to discern where progress has been made.

Trump’s presidency may have amplified executive power, but unless lawmakers roll back those powers, the next administration ...

Australia has slipped in a global rule of law ranking due to a decline in checks and balances, judicial limits on government ...

Flood control projects are being turned into “patronage projects” for reelection instead of protecting communities from floods, former Budget chief Butch Abad warned.