That would change the federal government from one of limited powers to one, like the states, of general legislative powers. The Federalists relented and passed the Bill of Rights in the First ...

So many states feared the expanded powers of the new national government that they insisted on amendments during the Constitution's ratification. The most popular of these proposed amendments ...

At the national level, they created three different branches of government to administer three different types of power. The legislative ... such as Treasury and State. And the judicial branch ...

“Trump,” you wrote, “is as American as apple pie.” The results of this election seem to confirm the idea that, far from the ...

Here's what to know about executive orders, their limitations, which president signed the most and how recent commanders in ...

Republican lawmakers in the West say they want states to control more of their own land, rather than Washington, D.C., ...

During the campaign, Trump tried to distance himself from Project 2025, the controversial and detailed blueprint for a newly ...

Trump, in his formal campaign platform, called to redistribute workers out of the Washington area and implement large-scale ...

an authority that would encroach on the federal government’s power over immigration enforcement but would not take effect ...

Energy priorities for Mexico's government include boosting state-owned national power company CFE while also setting rules ...

Bribery and conspiracy charges against the mayor are the latest shock to Mississippi’s capital, where a federally appointed ...

And in Arizona, the state’s Supreme Court allowed government pamphlets on the proposed ... who has claimed credit for the end ...