Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem says the constitutional provision that allows people to legally challenge their detention by the government is actually a tool the Trump administration can use in its broader crackdown at the U.S.-Mexico border.

Top White House aide Stephen Miller says the Trump administration is looking for ways to expand its legal power to deport migrants who are in the United States illegally.

The principle of “checks and balances” is rooted in the Constitution’s design of a national government with three distinct, coequal branches.

The House has approved a bill to remove Confederate statues from the U.S. Capitol.