Executive Branch

Under the Dodd-Frank Act that created the agency, a departing director can name an acting head before the Senate confirms a replacement nominated by the president, but Trump announced Mulvaney would be taking over the bureau. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

John Thune: Mick Mulvaney will be in charge of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Naomi Lim · November 26, 2017 6:02 pm

In Patchak v. Zinke, the Supreme Court is looking to determine the constitutionality of a federal statute that blocks an American from pursuing a pending lawsuit. (iStock photo)

Supreme Court questions if Congress can affect federal courts’ decisions

Ryan Lovelace · November 7, 2017 6:15 pm

When Trump complains about law enforcement on Twitter, it isn't a sign of strength, but of weakness. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Beltway Confidential

Trump’s Twitter tantrum on FBI shows American institutions are strong

Philip Klein · November 3, 2017 5:56 pm

Trump's office will become home to $17,000 worth of custom rugs. Another $5,000 will be spent on new wallpaper, $7,000 will go toward "furniture pedestals," and $12,800 will cover a custom conference table. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump White House spending $1.75M on new furniture for potentially thousands of executive employees

Anna Giaritelli · October 26, 2017 3:27 pm

"I can neither assert executive privilege now nor can I disclose today my confidential conversations with the president," Sessions told the Senate Judiciary Committee during a routine oversight hearing of the Department of Justice. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Jeff Sessions refuses to answer questions about private Trump talks in Senate hearing

Kelly Cohen · October 18, 2017 2:55 pm

The philosophical assumption at the heart of this system of executive overreach is the idea experts are better equipped to parse the minutiae of specific policy questions and are better educated and trained to recognize the correct course of action. Although innocent enough in theory, this assumption fails to account for certain flaws in the mechanism, for problems surrounding both incentives and information. (Kuzma / iStock)

Can freedom survive in the era of the administrative state?

David D'amato · October 1, 2017 4:01 am

A single poorly timed conversation between two of President Trump's personal lawyers may help special counsel Robert Mueller obtain documents that White House counsel Donald McGahn could have otherwise attempted to shield. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

National Security

Robert Mueller’s Russia requests expose rifts on Trump legal team

Sarah Bedford · September 24, 2017 8:00 pm

Let Trump Be Trump?

Philip Terzian · September 16, 2017 11:08 am

Let Trump Be Trump?

Philip Terzian · September 15, 2017 8:00 am

Nowhere is this truer today than at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

CFPB: The rogue federal agency that aims to reign but needs to be reined in

Mike Hunter · September 12, 2017 4:01 am

A more limited version of President Trump's travel ban is under review by the Supreme Court. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

DHS barred staff from speaking with members of Congress during chaotic rollout of Trump’s initial travel ban: Report

Josh Siegel · August 3, 2017 2:07 am

Attorney General Jeff Sessions declined to answer lawmakers' questions regarding private conversations he had with President Trump while appearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Memos shield Attorney General Jeff Sessions, for now

Kelly Cohen · June 18, 2017 4:01 am