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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a signing ceremony of executive orders on trade, accompanied by Vice President Mike Pence (C) and U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross (R) at the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, U.S., March 31, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria - RTX33KXG

Team Trump lacks the experience to fulfill promises

Christine Stenglein

Monday, April 24, 2017

U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin speaks at 2017 Institute of International Finance (IIF) policy summit in Washington, U.S., April 20, 2017. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas - RTS136H0

Memo to Secretary Mnuchin: The people don’t want big tax cuts for corporations and wealthy individuals

William A. Galston

Friday, April 21, 2017

A variety of medicinal marijuana buds in jars are pictured at Los Angeles Patients & Caregivers Group dispensary in West Hollywood, California U.S., October 18, 2016. Picture taken October 18, 2016. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni - RTX2R4MU

The disorienting effects of marijuana…on the Trump administration

Thursday, April 20, 2017

A general view of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) building, with the partial quote "taxes are what we pay," in Washington May 27, 2015. Tax return information for about 100,000 U.S. taxpayers was illegally accessed by cyber criminals over the past four months, U.S. IRS Commissioner John Koskinen said on Tuesday, the latest in a series of data thefts that have alarmed American consumers. The entire quote chiseled on the building, from Oliver Wendell Holmes, reads, "Taxes are what we pay for a civilized society''. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - RTX1EU9N

It’s Tax Day and Americans are mad as heck. Right? Wrong!

Tuesday, April 18, 2017

U.S. 1040A Individual Income Tax forms are seen at a U.S. Post office in New York

Polling Spotlight: America’s shifting attitudes on taxes

William A. Galston

Friday, April 14, 2017

Microphones stand at the podium after U.S. Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton's campaign chairman John Podesta addressed supporters at the election night rally in New York, U.S., November 9, 2016. REUTERS/Adrees Latif - RTX2SPD8

Did ‘elites’ get the 2016 US election wrong?

Friday, April 14, 2017

People stand outside the federal courthouse during the arraignment of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, New York, U.S. January 20, 2017. REUTERS/Joe Penney - RTSWIAR

The end of the filibuster paves the way for more diverse courts

Anne Joseph O’Connell

Thursday, April 13, 2017

U.S. President Donald Trump leaves after delivering a statement about missile strikes on a Syrian airfield, at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., April 6, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria - RTX34H6H

Polling Spotlight: Why Trump needs to go back to economic issues

William A. Galston

Friday, April 7, 2017

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) speaks to reporters after the weekly Republican caucus policy luncheon at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S. April 4, 2017. REUTERS/Eric Thayer - RTX34336

Filibuster: Republican friend or foe?

Molly E. Reynolds

Thursday, April 6, 2017

U.S. Supreme Court nominee judge Neil Gorsuch sits for a third day of his Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., March 22, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - RTX3261U

Filibustering Gorsuch: Right action, wrong reasons

Richard Lempert

Wednesday, April 5, 2017

A lone worker passes by the U.S. Capitol building in Washington

What does the ACA repeal fight tell us about the upcoming battle over tax reform?

Molly E. Reynolds and Vanessa Williamson

Wednesday, April 5, 2017

U.S. President Donald Trump holds up an executive order on "energy independence," eliminating Obama-era climate change regulations, during a signing ceremony at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) headquarters in Washington, U.S., March 28, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria - RTX333NH

Is the Congressional Review Act about to supercharge deregulation?

Philip A. Wallach and Nicholas W. Zeppos

Tuesday, April 4, 2017

A lone worker passes by the U.S. Capitol building in Washington

Vital Stats: The widening gap between corporate and labor PAC spending

Friday, March 31, 2017

A general view of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) building, with the partial quote "taxes are what we pay," in Washington May 27, 2015. Tax return information for about 100,000 U.S. taxpayers was illegally accessed by cyber criminals over the past four months, U.S. IRS Commissioner John Koskinen said on Tuesday, the latest in a series of data thefts that have alarmed American consumers. The entire quote chiseled on the building, from Oliver Wendell Holmes, reads, "Taxes are what we pay for a civilized society''. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - RTX1EU9N

Are your taxes “fair”?

Vanessa Williamson and Curtlyn Kramer

Wednesday, March 29, 2017

A large power plant in Colorado with two smoke stacks is seen with mountains rising in the background. No smoke is coming from the stacks.

The Clean Power Plan, 2014 – 2017

Philip A. Wallach

Tuesday, March 28, 2017