What can House Democrats accomplish with their new oversight and investigative powers? Eric Schickler and Douglas Kriner - November 28, 2018 [caption id="attachment_80751" align="aligncenter" width="960"] House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi speaks
There might not be a government shutdown this year. This is big news. Peter Hanson and Molly Reynolds - September 19, 2018 [caption id="attachment_77888" align="aligncenter" width="960"] The U.S. Capitol at sunrise in
How will the Michael Cohen and Duncan Hunter scandals affect the November election? Here’s what our research finds. Christian Grose and Abby Wood - August 28, 2018 [caption id="attachment_77139" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Michael Cohen leaves federal court in
Congress has three tools to counter Trump on Russia Douglas Kriner - July 20, 2018 [caption id="attachment_75955" align="aligncenter" width="960"] President Trump and Russian President Vladimir
Last week’s IG report about the FBI made a big splash. Here’s what you need to know about inspectors general. Nadia Hilliard - June 18, 2018 [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Part of the Department of Justice
President Trump says he could pardon himself. Shades of Nixon reemerge from behind the curtain. Andrew Rudalevige - June 5, 2018 [caption id="attachment_59384" align="aligncenter" width="960"] President Richard Nixon says at a
Yes, Congress could give Trump a line-item veto. And it might want to. Andrew Rudalevige - April 9, 2018 President Trump signed the massive omnibus appropriations bill for fiscal
How Republican losses in Virginia could mean real trouble for the GOP in 2018 Steven Rogers - November 10, 2017 [caption id="attachment_66099" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Danica Roem, who beatĀ GOP incumbent Robert
Donald Trump is wrong. When Democrats were offered secret help by the Soviets, they refused. Richard Moss - July 13, 2017 http://www.washingtonpost.com/video/politics/donald-trump-jr-defends-his-meeting-with-russian-lawyer/2017/07/12/cbb7082e-66c4-11e7-94ab-5b1f0ff459df_video.html Yesterday, President Trump suggested in a Reuters interview that
Happy (belated) birthday, Watergate break-in! Andrew Rudalevige - June 19, 2017 [caption id="attachment_60057" align="aligncenter" width="375"] A Herblock cartoon from the April