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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a roundtable on tax cuts for Florida small businesses in Hialeah, Florida, U.S., April 16, 2018. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque - RC1D875B4E00

Trump lags behind his predecessors on economic growth

Thursday, May 17, 2018

Soybeans grow in front of the Kentucky Utilities Ghent Generating Station, a coal-fired power-plant, along the Ohio River in Vevay, Indiana, U.S., September 22, 2017. Photograph taken at N38∞45.502' W85∞02.963'. Photograph taken September 22, 2017. REUTERS/Brian Snyder - RC1FCCADE810

Polling Spotlight: Young Republicans diverge on climate policy

William A. Galston

Wednesday, May 16, 2018

Voting booths are seen during the New York primary elections at a polling station in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, U.S., April 19, 2016.

So far this primary season, Dems are united in taking on Republican seats—not each other

Elaine Kamarck, Alexander R. Podkul, and Nicholas W. Zeppos

Thursday, May 10, 2018

U.S. Capitol is seen after the House approved a bill to repeal major parts of Obamacare and replace it with a Republican healthcare plan in Washington, U.S., May 4, 2017. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas - RTS157JN

Why Trump’s move to rescind spending might find favor in the House, but not the Senate

Molly E. Reynolds

Tuesday, May 8, 2018

New United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo receives applause as he delivers remarks to employees on his first day at the State Department in Washington, U.S., May 1, 2018. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque - RC18CB0C5310

Can Pompeo turn the page on the Tillerson era?

Tuesday, May 1, 2018

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo greets Italian Foreign Minister Angelino Alfano during a NATO foreign ministers meeting at the Alliance's headquarters in Brussels, Belgium April 27, 2018. Virginia Mayo/Pool via Reuters - RC1D17AC24E0

Pompeo’s early days and new hires at State show promise

Monday, April 30, 2018

Former U.S. presidential candidate Mitt Romney speaks at the Utah County Republican Party Lincoln Day Dinner, in Provo, Utah, U.S. February 16, 2018. REUTERS/Jim Urquhart - RC148EDEE130

How Mitt Romney could wind up running the United States 6 years after losing the presidential election

Thursday, April 26, 2018

White House, Presidential physician Ronny Jackson answers question about U.S. President Donald Trump's health after the president's annual physical during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, DC, U.S., January 16, 2018. REUTERS/Carlos Barria - RC1C94235120

In rejecting Washington norms and nominating Jackson to VA, Trump hurts himself

Wednesday, April 25, 2018

Marijuana is seen for sale at Harborside, one of California's largest and oldest dispensaries of medical marijuana, on the first day of legalized recreational marijuana sales in Oakland, California, U.S., January 1, 2018. REUTERS/Elijah Nouvelage - RC14812827E0

In a new documentary short, Brookings looks at the human side of medical cannabis policy

John Hudak and George Burroughs

Thursday, April 19, 2018

U.S. Congressman Daniel Lipinski votes in the Democratic Party's congressional primary election at St. James Lutheran Church in Western Springs, Illinois, U.S. March 20, 2018. REUTERS/Kamil Krzaczynski - RC1D424A21B0

Trump voters in Democratic primaries? A closer look at Illinois’s 3rd Congressional District

Elaine Kamarck, Alexander Podkul, and Nicholas W. Zeppos

Wednesday, April 18, 2018

CIA Director Mike Pompeo testifies before a Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing on Pompeos nomination to be secretary of state on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., April 12, 2018. REUTERS/Leah Millis - HP1EE4C165C9S

Why nobody should be cheering Pompeo’s pledge to restore State Department

Monday, April 16, 2018

Trump at rally

Trump’s lies corrode democracy

Friday, April 13, 2018

Republican president-elect Donald Trump's Trump Tower is seen in the Manhattan borough of New York, U.S., November 27, 2016. REUTERS/Darren Ornitz

Michael Cohen, the attorney-client privilege, and the crime-fraud exception

Paul Rosenzweig

Tuesday, April 10, 2018

Former U.S. President Barack Obama speaks during a meeting with youth leaders at the Logan Center for the Arts at the University of Chicago to discuss strategies for community organization and civic engagement in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., April 24, 2017. REUTERS/Kamil Krzaczynski - RTS13Q4A

The fragile legacy of Barack Obama

Friday, April 6, 2018

Students hold signs while rallying in the street during the "March for Our Lives" demanding stricter gun control laws at the Miami Beach Senior High School, in Miami, Florida, U.S., March 24, 2018. REUTERS/Javier Galeano - RC1C60279010

How millennials and gun control can change the 2018 midterm landscape

Darrell M. West

Thursday, April 5, 2018