While former President Bill Clinton has vigorously denied many of them, allegations of sexual improprieties have punctuated his career and repeatedly made questions about his character the focus of national attention. His truthfulness is again back in the national spotlight after lawmakers on Friday questioned Clinton about his connections to Jeffrey Epstein, the disgraced financier who died in 2019 while incarcerated on charges of sex trafficking minors. Clinton...

President Donald Trump’s announcement Saturday that the U.S. military began a major combat operation in Iran was met with immediate questions about whether the president improperly bypassed Congress, which has the sole authority to declare war under the Constitution. Trump characterized the joint operation with Israel to take out Iranian leaders and eliminate Iran’s weapons supply as an act of “war,” bringing into focus the 1973 War Powers...

President Donald Trump’s joint strikes on Iran are exposing a divide in both parties, and several Democrats have come to the president’s defense while a handful of Republicans questioned his constitutional authority. Trump announced U.S. and Israeli forces targeted Iranian leadership and military sites in the early hours of Saturday morning, catching millions of Americans — and the majority of lawmakers in Congress — by surprise.  A handful...