This is a tale of a president pressuring the head of the central bank for political reasons. Burns fights it, then capitulates, and it lays the foundation for later inflation.

One thing we saw lots of this week as power switched from one political party to the other was presidential pardons.

For 22 years, Richard Nixon had campaigned relentlessly. Now, at the zenith of his career, he had to govern. One Harvard professor came with Nixon to Washington in 1969, serving as the president ...

Impoundment is when a president refuses to spend money allocated by Congress and returns the funds to the Treasury.

Editor’s note: This article is one in a five-part series looking back on the life of one of Duke’s most infamous alumni — Richard Nixon. Read the previous installments on Nixon’s childhood ...

Donald Trump is the first president to use the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to impose tariffs, teeing up likely legal battles that will test his executive authority.

President Richard M. Nixon: “I, Richard Milhous Nixon, do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability ...

A 1974 law requires the president to spend the appropriations passed by Congress or seek its permission to suspend funding.

Half a century ago Congress, the courts, other key institutions within and outside of the government, and the American public ...

President Donald Trump’s administration issued a memo Monday ordering widespread federal assistance to be temporarily paused, ...