Executive Branch

Speaker of the House Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., greets President Trump to speak to the National Republican Congressional Committee March Dinner in Washington.

Paul Ryan defends Trump against anonymous op-ed writer

Susan Ferrechio · September 6, 2018 4:26 pm

President Trump listens during a meeting with state leaders about prison reform on Aug. 9, 2018, at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J.

Trump must appoint more of his own personnel if he wants to drain the swamp

Robert Blaha · August 27, 2018 4:00 am

From left, Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, and Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., hold a news conference to refute Senate Democrats who are intensifying their fight over documents related to Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's stint as staff secretary at the White House, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Aug. 2, 2018. The GOP members of the Judiciary Committee used a wall of empty boxes to dramatize the amount of documents. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate gears up for major Kavanaugh confirmation battle

Susan Ferrechio · August 14, 2018 4:01 am

Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh arrives at the office of Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., on Capitol Hill on Wednesday.

Brett Kavanaugh is no fan of increased executive power

Patrick Purtill · July 30, 2018 4:00 am

Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh arrives for a meeting with Sen. Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 19, 2018.

Brett Kavanaugh’s views on executive power take center stage in confirmation fight

Melissa Quinn · July 25, 2018 2:49 pm

White House Council of Economic Advisers Chairman Kevin Hassett speaks during the daily press briefing at the White House Thursday, Feb. 22, 2018, in Washington.

Beltway Confidential

Foolhardy presidents keep declaring ‘war’ on problems they can’t solve

David Davenport · July 24, 2018 1:45 pm

President Donald Trump walks on the Colonnade outside the Oval Office upon arrival at the White House in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 1, 2018.

Shahira Knight to take over as White House legislative affairs director

Gabby Morrongiello · July 12, 2018 6:03 pm

President Donald Trump stands with Judge Brett Kavanaugh his Supreme Court nominee, in the East Room of the White House, Monday, July 9, 2018, in Washington.

Beltway Confidential

No, Brett Kavanaugh did not argue that a sitting president is above the law

Philip Wegmann · July 10, 2018 1:25 pm

It’s Independence Day — and that’s all about executive overreach

Washington Examiner · July 4, 2018 4:00 am

Andrew Puzder, CEO of CKE Restaurants, who was nominated by President-elect Donald Trump to be United States Secretary of Labor, is interviewed by anchor Neil Cavuto during his "Cavuto: Coast to Coast" program, on the Fox Business Network, in New York, Thursday, March 9, 2017.

Beltway Confidential

Andy Puzder sees ‘big plus’ for workers in Trump’s proposed merger of Education and Labor Departments

Emily Jashinsky · June 25, 2018 11:51 am

President Trump speaks about the United States' military response to Syria's chemical weapon attack on April 7.

Beltway Confidential

Trump’s Syria strike justification shows executive branch run amok

Daniel DePetris · June 15, 2018 4:16 pm

President Donald Trump gestures during a news conference with Romanian President Klaus Werner Iohannis in the Rose Garden at the White House, Friday, June 9, 2017, in Washington.

Obamacare is a bad law, but it’s the law nonetheless

Washington Examiner · June 9, 2018 1:30 pm