Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Executive Social Studies TEKS: 16) Government. The student understands the framework of government created by the U.S. Constitution of 1787. The ...

The U.S. federal government comprises 3 different branches: legislative, executive, and judicial. The powers of these three branches of government were defined in by the U.S. Constitution, which has ...

Benjamin Franklin is famously quoted as saying, “A republic, if you can keep it.” This remark was made in response to a question from Elizabeth Willing Powel, who asked Franklin what kind of ...

There have been plenty of controversies recently over something called gain-of-function research. Amid the highly-politicized debate over the origin of the COVID-19 virus, the term has been thrown ...

"Donald Trump will be a tyrant!" So my neighbors claim. I live in Manhattan. Feel for me. Yes, Trump says wild things, like riffing about "terminating" parts of the U.S. Constitution. But I don't ...

KABUL, Afghanistan -- Three days after capturing this capital from the Taliban, the Northern Alliance is increasingly assuming the functions of a new administration, to the alarm of Western powers ...

Each year, families and individuals pay taxes to the government and receive back a wide variety of services and benefits. A fiscal deficit occurs when the benefits and services received by one ...

(iv) the United States Institute of Peace. (b) Within 14 days of the date of this order, the head of each unnecessary governmental entity listed in subsection (a) of this section shall submit a report ...

The Trump administration has been in the spotlight for its security clearance woes. So it perhaps should not be surprising that, according to multiple sources, the White House is considering a major ...

The Interior Department is planning sweeping reductions to its administrative and support function workforce, according to several individuals briefed on the plan, and will consolidate those offices ...