There’s no shortage of vital issues facing our country at the moment: rising gas prices, the ongoing war in Iran, ...
President Donald Trump recently snipped $810 million in federal spending. The late September cuts would come to spending authorized mostly ...
Editor’s note: Philip Wallach delivered this speech at Wayne State University’s Levin Center on September 17, 2026. His address was ...
We the People of these United States have many epochal achievements to our credit, but when the humans of 2500 ...
https://www.youtube.com/live/zRoBrK5eIRg?si=BwrlG2pBnSB6H-M_&t=420 On September 23, AEI’s Kevin R. Kosar was joined by Johns Hopkins SNF Agora Institute’s Scott Warren, Syracuse University’s Richard ...
Migrant crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border surged into the millions during President Joe Biden’s first three years in office, but ...
Congress performs poorly by most measures, and a mere 15 percent of the public approves of our national legislature’s performance. ...
On a sunny Tuesday morning 25 years ago, Congress reconvened. Speaker Dennis Hastert called the House of Representatives to order, and the Illinois Republican recognized Rep. Earl ...
Abstract Americans’ dissatisfaction with Congress is long-standing; its public approval rating has hovered between 10 and 30 percent for the last ...
Capitol Hill is very balmy and very quiet. The thrum of legislators jawboning while a vote is being tallied has been ...
Over the past 15 years or so, the practice of gerrymandering has moved from the sidelines of contemporary political discussions ...
Orientation for new Members of Congress takes place every November the week following the elections. As the former Staff Director ...
Might Senator John Fetterman (PA) leave the Democratic Party? That question has been much discussed since Politico’s Jonathan Martin raised ...
The news coming from Capitol Hill over the past couple of weeks has left much to be desired. Congress has had difficulty ...
The mid-decade redistricting war that began in Texas has settled down — for now. Given the Supreme Court’s green light to political ...
Longtime Republican pollster Frank Luntz recently declared, “There is zero doubt tonight that Donald Trump is in complete and total control of the ...
What is at the core of democracy? Does it require constitutional government, protection of individual rights, or robust party organizations? ...
Lorelei Kelly, The First Amendment Promise of Deliberative Technology, Toda Peace Institute, March 2026. Congress ---and members’ and senators’ offices particularly--- ...
Coverage of the redistricting battles playing out across the United States has garnered widespread attention in the last year, as ...
The House of Representatives is poised to provide $4 million in new spending to modernize the chamber’s internal operations. The chamber’s ...
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