The United States federal government, whether you feel it is a beacon of democracy or a symbol of modern political gridlock, ...

Kevin Dopf asks how many of his students are United States citizens. Every hand shoots up ... by the Annenberg Public Policy Center showing that about a third of American adults can’t name the three ...

The Constitution separates the power of government into three distinct branches. The legislative branch makes the laws. It is run by US Congress and it's made up of the Senate and the House of ...

The Framers understood that part of human nature is to amass, entrench and ultimately abuse power, so there must be disincentives to protect against bad behavior.

At the national level, they created three different branches of government to administer three different types of power. The legislative branch made the laws through a Congress of two houses ...

Readers point out that the cost of tariffs are passed onto American consumers. Other readers sound alarms about preserving democracy.

Did you know that only 38 percent of Americans can name all three branches of the U.S. government? Test your knowledge of the U.S. Constitution. Play iCivics’ Branches of Power and Do I Have a ...