Open Society Foundations Archives

Can Congress reclaim authority it has handed over to the president? It’s trying.

Soren Dayton and Mort Halperin - August 19, 2020

With their bipartisan backing, these bills could claw back some powers that have shifted to the presidency.

Kendra Dupuy, James Ron, and Aseem Prakash - July 5, 2017

[caption id="attachment_60633" align="aligncenter" width="960"] A boy eats out of a

Henry Farrell - April 10, 2017

[caption id="attachment_56659" align="aligncenter" width="960"] People protest the bill that would

Henry Farrell - October 8, 2016

[caption id="attachment_47500" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Russian President Vladimir Putin (Reuters/Alexander Zemlianichenko/Pool/File

Anne Frugé - July 1, 2016

[caption id="attachment_38201" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Africa, from space. (NASA)[/caption] On June

- May 19, 2015

[caption id="attachment_25033" align="aligncenter" width="660"] Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan holds

Yüksel Sezgin - May 19, 2015

[caption id="attachment_25033" align="aligncenter" width="660"] Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan holds

Shawn Powers and Abbas Barzegar - February 17, 2015

[caption id="attachment_21380" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Islamic State militants hold up their

Kim Yi Dionne - July 24, 2014

[caption id="attachment_13451" align="alignnone" width="620"] A picture taken Jan. 9, 2014,

Kim Yi Dionne - July 24, 2014

[caption id="attachment_13451" align="alignnone" width="620"] A picture taken Jan. 9, 2014,