How to Use executive branch in a Sentence

executive branch

noun
  • One branch of that, (the) executive branch, has no right to interfere with the judicial functions of the court or the matters presented to it.
    — Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 29 May 2026
  • This power is evident in how Trump maintains control over all executive branch employees.
    — Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Time, 9 June 2026
  • Freedom 250 received some, but not all, of the balance, a spokeswoman said, with other funds going to executive branch agencies.
    — Ben Smith, semafor.com, 30 May 2026
  • How the college responds could be a test of higher education’s wherewithal to withstand a hostile executive branch.
    — Marie-Amelie George, The Conversation, 28 May 2026
  • No, presidents cannot run the government through executive order alone or these kind of intra-executive branch settlements either.
    — ABC News, 17 May 2026
  • The court handed the president wins and losses on issues ranging from birthright citizenship to his ability to fire executive branch officials.
    — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 30 June 2026
  • In doing so, the court struck down a nearly century-old precedent protecting the leaders of independent executive branch agencies from at-will removal by the president.
    — Laurent Belsie, Christian Science Monitor, 29 June 2026
  • Under federal law, presidents are exempt from the criminal conflict of interest statute that applies to most executive branch officials.
    — Luke Fountain, CNBC, 29 June 2026
  • Other pieces of legislation would ban members of Congress and executive branch employees from betting on policy and political events.
    — Lisa Hagen, Hartford Courant, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Those reviews are subject to certain procedural and executive branch oversight measures but do not require intelligence agencies and agents to demonstrate probable cause of wrongdoing to a court.
    — Eric McDaniel, NPR, 12 June 2026
  • And that, of course, is exactly how America lost its Congress and has ended up with an executive branch that declares wars, spends money and imposes taxes without authorization.
    — Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Federal law prohibits executive branch employees, including the president, from discussing certain economic data before and within the first hour after its release.
    — Sylvan Lane, The Hill, 20 Feb. 2026
  • Congress needs to assert its constitutional authority before our country descends even further into chaos and restore the balance of power between the legislative and executive branches.
    — Linh Tat, Oc Register, 4 May 2026
  • The state’s Republican Party establishment, in desperate need of a rallying cry, enlisted the crusade of one member of the state’s all-Democrat executive branch to convey that message.
    — Editorial, Boston Herald, 4 May 2026
  • Just two years earlier a president had resigned in disgrace after what had been one of the nation’s toughest constitutional challenges, putting immense pressure on Congress and the Supreme Court to respond to a rogue executive branch.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 21 June 2026
  • The arguments are expected to test the outer bounds of presidential authority over national security access, federal contracting, and executive branch control.
    — Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 7 May 2026
  • All four spoke to an increase in collaboration and cooperation between the legislative and executive branches of Jackson County government in the first half of LeVota’s term.
    — Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 31 May 2026
  • The back-to-back resignations and investigations, spanning both parties and both the legislative and executive branches, have reignited a debate about whether Washington’s rules and institutions for self-oversight can keep pace with the misconduct unfolding within it.
    — Ana Ceballos follow, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2026
  • In its 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court said judges are barred from reviewing executive branch decisions about Temporary Protected Status that are non-constitutional claims.
    — Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 26 June 2026
  • Targeting political rivals The Justice Department’s role in the IRS lawsuit is one example of how Trump has decreed that executive branch employees should act as agents of his will.
    — Nicholas Riccardi, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2026
  • Ethics regulations that govern executive branch employees prevent them from participating in gambling activities while on duty for the government or on government property, according to a White House official.
    — Lisa Hagen, Hartford Courant, 21 Apr. 2026
  • The administration has appealed those rulings, arguing the president possesses broad constitutional authority over security clearances and executive branch access.
    — Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 7 May 2026
  • Employees on Capitol Hill do not have a traditional human resources department, lawmakers exercise near-total control over their offices, and congressional employees are not covered by the same whistleblower protections that shield many executive branch workers.
    — Nik Popli, Time, 11 May 2026
  • The Supreme Court’s conservative majority said federal law limits the ability of courts to review executive branch decisions over TPS, including procedural challenges.
    — Vera Lucia Pappaterra, Miami Herald, 26 June 2026
  • Members of the public should plan ahead for executive branch agencies — including the Department of Health and Welfare, the State Tax Commission and the Department of Parks and Recreation — to be out of the office.
    — Kevin Fixler june 23, Idaho Statesman, 23 June 2026
  • Sitting Cabinet officials tend not to get involved in political campaigns, and a federal law, known as the Hatch Act, bars cabinet secretaries and other executive branch officials from engaging in political activities in their official capacities.
    — Justin Papp, CNBC, 18 May 2026
  • In deep-red Idaho, where Republicans dominate the state’s Legislature and executive branch, disagreement over how aggressively the state should enforce immigration policy has become a litmus test for some of whether Republican politicians are sufficiently conservative.
    — Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 11 May 2026
  • House Speaker Mike Johnson reflects on the tug-of-war between the legislative and executive branches in an exclusive USA TODAY interview ahead of America's 250th anniversary.
    — Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 30 June 2026
  • The Watergate scandal’s major reform was the 1978 Ethics in Government Act that included creation of the Office of Special Prosecutor (later renamed the Office of Independent Counsel) to investigate alleged wrongdoing by high-level executive branch officials.
    — Don Wolfensberger, Washington Post, 24 Apr. 2023

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