Trump's power grab follows the "unitary executive" theory, which places vast executive authority in the presidency.

The Trump administration seeks to overturn a 1935 Supreme Court decision, potentially reshaping the power dynamics of federal ...

President Trump claims power over independent regulators in a new order. NPR asks Jane Manners, law professor at Temple ...

President Donald Trump is moving to give the White House direct control of independent federal regulators such as the ...

The executive order puts independent federal agencies under the watch of Office of Management and Budget Director Russell ...

Chair Brendan Carr slammed his predecessors at the department after they criticized him for his probing of major broadcast ...

The executive order is likely to be challenged in court. Separately, the Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to ...

Media and Democracy Project filed an appeal to the FCC after Brendan Carr revived Biden-era petitions against liberal networks but not Fox Corporation.

The president has already challenged statutory protections against summarily firing officials overseeing such agencies ...

"DEI is a scourge on our institutions," declared Andrew N. Ferguson, a member of the Federal Trade Commission whom Trump designated as the panel's chairman. Ferguson, former solicitor general ...

The Trump administration has instructed federal health agencies to pause all external communications, such as health advisories, weekly scientific reports, updates to websites and social media ...