WASHINGTON − President Donald Trump is embracing a decades-old theory that could give him unprecedented control over the executive branch, setting up a showdown with Congress and the courts that some ...

Since April 7, the U.S. Supreme Court has granted President Trump emergency relief no fewer than 13 times. It has temporarily blocked lower-court orders that, for example, halted aggressive ...

In the past month, two federal judges have ordered federal agencies to reinstate thousands of federal employees, including those at USDA, decisions the Trump administration strongly disagrees with and ...

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WASHINGTON, Feb 14 (Reuters) - Donald Trump's broad assertions of power appear to be advancing an aggressive version of a legal doctrine called the "unitary executive" theory that envisions vast ...