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Trump may strike Venezuela. His team makes that very risky.

Elizabeth N. Saunders - November 3, 2025

Take a close look at who is advising the president on U.S. policy.

Political violence has a long, tragic history in the U.S.

Andrew Rudalevige - July 14, 2024

Joe Biden said political violence in America is “unheard of.” If only.

The Supreme Court’s immunity decision sidesteps history

Andrew Rudalevige - July 4, 2024

Those who framed the Constitution agreed that unchecked presidential power was a terrible idea.

Trump wants Nixon’s impoundment power. What’s impoundment?

Andrew Rudalevige - May 15, 2024

Good to Know – another installment in the presidential power series.

Good to Know: U.S. war powers

Andrew Rudalevige - February 22, 2024

Does the president or Congress have the power to go to war?

Good to Know: Impeachment

Andrew Rudalevige - January 13, 2024

With House Republicans holding an impeachment inquiry against Pres. Biden, here's what to know about this constitutional tool.

How Republicans made a U-turn on impeachment

Andrew Rudalevige - December 16, 2023

2023 isn’t 2019, it turns out.

Biden’s broad marijuana pardon has precedents

Andrew Rudalevige - October 7, 2022

In some ways, it looks like Jimmy Carter’s amnesty for Vietnam War draft dodgers

Republican senators used racially coded language to question Ketanji Brown Jackson. There’s history to that.

Sharon Wright Austin - March 28, 2022

Compare that to the language senators used to grill Constance Baker Motley in 1966, slowing down her confirmation as the first Black female federal judge.

Inflation may be a problem. But it’s also a political opportunity.

Elizabeth Popp Berman - January 20, 2022

Since economists don’t agree on what’s causing it, someone will likely use it to sell other policies.

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