Trump Administration

The Republican legislation, coupled with spending bills, accounts for 46 percent of the growing deficit.

Some assumed courts would stop the plan immediately. But because the details of the plan remain opaque, advocates have had trouble challenging it.

The Kansas v. Garcia ruling concerns the doctrine of preemption, and whether states can prosecute certain federal crimes.

The Three Mile Island partial meltdown led the U.S. away from nuclear. Global warming might bring it back.

The president uses the term to refer to immigrant families getting released before their court dates. But advocates say the term is both misleading and dehumanizing.

The Trump administration has asked a federal judge to allow seismic airgun testing to begin off the Atlantic coast while a lawsuit to prevent the practice works its way through the courts.

The move is expected by analysts to further diminish America's "soft power."

A new lawsuit alleges the Department of Homeland Security has not terminated DED-status for Liberians based on a sound determination of safety in Liberia.

Though the Trump administration's attempted deep cuts have had historically minimal impact on the agency's budget, they offer further evidence of the Trump administration's lack of concern for federal environmental protection.

In banning federal funding from groups that refer women for abortion services, the president is presenting a golden opportunity for faith-based, anti-abortion clinics.

It depends on how you define "lying to Congress."

Internal government investigations have revealed that the government was seriously unprepared to implement Trump's zero-tolerance policy.

During a hearing, the EPA's top official for enforcement defended the agency's low performance figures.

After a circuit court ordered the removal of a citizenship question from the census, the Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to weigh in on the case. On Friday, the high court agreed.

The secretary of education's plans threaten to make it more difficult for victims of sexual discrimination to seek justice, and might in turn hinder her goal of strengthening due process.

Immigration activists shout slogans as they protest outside Trump International Hotel during a march on February 12th, 2019, in Washington, D.C.

The Trump administration argues that Russia deserves the blame for the treaty's collapse, although withdrawal is not likely to restore the country's compliance.

ICE officers have expanded their scope to target all undocumented immigrants, regardless of background.

There are significant differences between what the Democratic and Republican parties hope to see the government address in 2019.

Surveys show the number of uninsured Americans is increasing for the first time since Obamacare's rollout.

The Supreme Court just granted Dreamers a lifeline.

The Supreme Court has allowed the ban to take effect, in a win for the Trump administration—and a loss for thousands of active transgender service members.

The Supreme Court voted Tuesday to enact the Trump administration's policy prohibiting people with a gender identity that differs from their biological sex from serving in the military.

Multiple courts across the country have issued injunctions preventing to the administration from repealing DACA. But that does not mean the program has been saved.