executive branch

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Sonko further stated that "in all democracies, the executive branch cannot appoint a government without consulting the majority".

From Barron's • May 26, 2026

The geopolitical bottleneck has a clearance condition: a stable, predictable export framework that both the executive branch and Congress are willing to enforce consistently.

From MarketWatch • May 21, 2026

Under US law, the president, vice-president and most other high-ranking members of the executive branch cannot directly or indirectly ask the IRS to terminate an investigation.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

The ambiguity has produced dueling legal opinions between the executive branch and the Fed going back to 1978.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

But he'd also vowed to make this the smoothest presidential transition in history, instructing every department in the executive branch to prepare briefing binders for the incoming administration.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama