executive branch
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On Tuesday, a spokesman for the European Commission, the body’s executive branch, said the commission had “expressed concerns” about both the project and the environmental impacts of an Albanian law meant to attract large investors.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
More than any other chair since Arthur Burns, who led the Fed under President Richard Nixon, Powell faced an extreme amount of pressure from the executive branch.
From Barron's • Jun. 2, 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
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
