What to make of Trump’s choice for labor secretary Laura C. Bucci - February 17, 2025 Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer backed pro-labor legislation. So why did Trump nominate her to join his cabinet?
Congress finally passed a federal anti-lynching bill — after 120 years of failure Justin Peck and Jeffery Jenkins - March 9, 2022 For decades, a small, intensely committed Senate minority was able to use Senate rules to block change and maintain the Jim Crow system in the South
The Canadian truckers’ ‘freedom convoy’ disrupted life and blockaded borders. Did the protest succeed? David Meyer - February 24, 2022 The trick, for activists, is to get authorities and other audiences to focus on their issues as well as their tactics.
Congress is about to pass a stopgap spending bill. That’ll cost taxpayers. Stuart Kasdin - September 30, 2021 When federal agencies have to put off spending decisions until the last minute, they are forced to take shortcuts
Mitch McConnell is wrong. Here’s the filibuster’s ‘racial history.’ Sarah Binder - March 24, 2021 From defending slavery to protecting segregation, the filibuster has been heavily used to block civil rights
How Congress is pushing back against Trump’s unprecedented use of emergency powers Elizabeth Goitein - September 24, 2020 Unless the laws change, future presidents are more likely to exploit emergency powers, now that Trump has ended the tradition of restraint.
The Republican Senate just rebuked Trump using the War Powers Act — for the third time. That’s remarkable. Sarah Binder - February 14, 2020 Congress hasn’t used it against any other president.
Uber issues its IPO this week. Tomorrow its drivers are threatening a worldwide strike. Ashley Nunes - May 7, 2019 Who’s for — and who’s against — regulating its relationship with its workers?
Trying to understand how Jeff Flake is leaning? We analyzed his Twitter feed — and were surprised. Gregory Eady, Jan Zilinsky, Jonathan Nagler, and Joshua Tucker - October 5, 2018 How did the president’s deep-red critic, Senator Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.),
No matter what Trump says, Russia is unique in trying to hack other countries’ democracies Brandon Valeriano and Benjamin Jensen - July 17, 2018 https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/world/segments/trump-putin-address-election-interference/2018/07/16/baff2fa8-890e-11e8-9d59-dccc2c0cabcf_video.html Not everyone hacks democracy. States don’t “all do it,”