Trump’s spree of firings exposes a dilemma for Congress: a reliance on presidents to respect the independence of executive branch officials.

Trump claims he can fire officers not picked by the president and hire acting leaders for Senate-confirmed roles outside the Vacancies Act.

American political theater isn’t new. The House Un-American Activities Committee operated for decades—until targets learned to fight back.

President Trump’s restructuring of the administrative state is unprecedented—what does Supreme Court precedent say about its legitimacy?

There are procedures Congress can use to reverse the President’s actions. But doing so is more complicated than it may seem.

The United States’s Afghan allies are the victims of strategic narcissism.

What the first Trump administration carried out slowly, the new administration is doing at once.

The Atlantic can’t be more Catholic than the Pope on classified material.

President Trump has cited Article II to justify everything from deportations to firing civil servants—these assertions present a challenge to constitutional order.