5 on 45 Podcast

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Sen. Orrin Hatch, Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin and Director of the National Economic Council Gary Cohn introduce the Republican tax reform plan at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S.,

Bipartisanship makes for better tax reform

William A. Galston

Tuesday, November 21, 2017

U.S. President Donald Trump and South Koreas President Moon Jae-in hold a news conference at South Koreas presidential Blue House in Seoul, South Korea, November 7, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - RC1F65C07060

How Trump’s Asia trip challenges multilateral trade

Monday, November 20, 2017

Kevin Brady and Paul Ryan at podium.

Where the GOP tax bill goes from here

Molly E. Reynolds

Friday, November 17, 2017

Democratic candidate for governor Ralph Northam speaks after his election night victory at the campus of George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, November 7, 2017. REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein - HP1EDB80ANU15

What Democratic election victories mean for 2018

Wednesday, November 8, 2017

President-elect Donald Trump boards his airplane before departing from LaGuardia Airport in New York, U.S., December 9, 2016. REUTERS/Mark Kauzlarich - RC14C3F41A70

Advice to Trump as he travels to Asia

Friday, November 3, 2017

Jerome Powell arrives in the Rose Garden as he attends an announcement as nominee to become chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve by U.S. President Donald Trump (not pictured) at the White House in Washington, U.S., November 2, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC17A41B07A0

Four speed bumps Jerome Powell will face as Fed Chair

Sarah A. Binder

Friday, November 3, 2017

Special Counsel Robert Mueller departs after briefing the U.S. House Intelligence Committee on his investigation of potential collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., June 20, 2017. REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein - RC1A11945240

What we learned on Mueller Monday

Tuesday, October 31, 2017

U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-WI) and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and other Republican Congressional leaders about tax reform at the White House in Washington, U.S., September 5, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts - RC1751B6AE30

The state of the GOP: What’s normal and what’s not

Friday, October 27, 2017

U.S. President Barack Obama makes remarks before signing into law a bill at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, December 17, 2010. Obama on Friday signed into law a bill extending Bush-era tax cuts and other benefits based on a deal he brokered with Republicans that angered liberals. REUTERS/Jim Young (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS) - GM1E6CI0GKG01

Why former presidents spoke out against Trump

William A. Galston

Wednesday, October 25, 2017

Flags are at half staff to honor those killed and injured in the Las Vegas mass shooting at the Washington Monument in Washington, U.S., October 3, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque - RC1D1E48BD90

When to label violent acts as “terrorism”

Daniel L. Byman

Monday, October 16, 2017

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks about the Iran nuclear deal in the Diplomatic Room of the White House in Washington, U.S., October 13, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque - HP1EDAD1B8T9R

Why Trump’s decertification of the Iran deal matters

Suzanne Maloney

Friday, October 13, 2017

U.S. President Donald Trump (L) listens to EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt after announcing his decision that the United States will withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, U.S., June 1, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - HP1ED611KN41S

How the Trump administration justifies repealing the Clean Power Plan

Friday, October 13, 2017

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt testifies before a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., June 27, 2017. REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein - RC1195D68F00

Trump’s EPA is rescinding the Clean Power Plan. What now?

Philip A. Wallach

Wednesday, October 11, 2017

Civil rights activists

Congress can, and should, establish a 21st century commission on race relations

Nicol Turner Lee

Monday, October 9, 2017

US Capitol building

Why the House budget resolution matters

Sarah A. Binder

Thursday, October 5, 2017