The emergency declaration, combined with new tech, will give government broad new abilities to watch and monitor citizens.

The White House has confirmed the temporary chain of command for the District of Columbia police force over the next month, ...

The National Guard began to appear in Washington, DC, tonight, a day after President Donald Trump placed the nation’s capital ...

President Donald Trump's recent actions have sparked debate over the Posse Comitatus Act, a law from 1878 that limits ...

Smothering electric vehicles might have been a regrettable mistake for a Republican to make 10 years ago. Today, it is ...

The Posse Comitatus Act prevents the military from enforcing domestic laws unless bypassed by Congress or under the Insurrection Act.

Researchers are alarmed that an expansive executive order issued by President Donald Trump might upend a long-standing ...

The questions came fast to the mayor of the nation's capital, many of them designed to get her to say something harsh about ...

Karen M. Lent, Anthony J. Dreyer and Shay Dvoretzky of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP discuss the fluid legal ...

It was one of the first executive orders of President Donald Trump’s second term, and it challenges a right enshrined under ...

Among the Trump administration’s top targets for dismantling: the U.S. Department of Education and the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Both were established by President Jimmy Carter.

The White House would need approval from both House and Senate in order to extend the takeover the police department.