Sen. Chris Murphy, (D-Conn)., made plenty of headlines over the weekend, blaming his own party for allowing Donald Trump to become president. And now that the weekend is over, Murphy is still making his share of headlines as he takes on what he calls an “unbelievably illegal” act that he says Trump will take part in on Thursday.

Congressional Democrats have taken note of the appointments and objected to what they describe as an end-run around the Senate’s right to confirm people for those roles.

Negotiations are slogging along and it’s not at all clear the package has the support needed from the House’s slim Republican majority.

The Trump administration intends to use a civil anti-fraud law to investigate and potentially punish and withdraw federal funding from universities that promote diversity and inclusion policies, the Department of Justice announced Monday.

Opinion: Carlton Fields' Neal McAliley writes that the Trump administration says it will finally break the cycle of new definitions guiding the Clean Water Act and "waters of the United States" being introduced and overturned.

Trump heaped praise on the first lady for taking up an issue that was originally included in a bill that Elon Musk helped tank last year.

The Supreme Court sided with a group of Venezuelan immigrants after President Donald Trump tried to deport them under the Alien Enemies Act.

President Donald Trump will impose tariffs at the rate he threatened last month on trading partners that do not negotiate in "good faith" on deals, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in television interviews on Sunday.