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Courts & Law The Courts and Congress Index: Measuring the relationship between the two branches

Russell Wheeler, Kathryn Dunn Tenpas, Tracy Viselli, Adelle Patten

February 18, 2026

U.S. President Donald Trump gaggles with reporters while aboard Air Force One on Feb. 6, 2026, en route to Palm Beach, Florida. The president is spending the weekend at Mar-a-Lago, his private club.

Campaigns & Elections Does President Trump have the authority to ‘nationalize’ voting?

William A. Galston

February 11, 2026

Protesters against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) march through the streets of downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota, on January 25, 2026. On January 24, federal agents shot dead U.S. citizen Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old ICU nurse, while scuffling with him on an icy roadway, less than three weeks after an immigration officer shot and killed Renee Good, also 37, in her car. His killing sparked new protests and impassioned demands by local leaders for the Trump administration to end its operation in the city.

Congress Can ICE cost Republicans the Senate?

Elaine Kamarck

February 4, 2026

A man leaves the federal courthouse where a group of Democratic state attorneys are asking a federal judge to block U.S. President Donald Trump's administration from dismantling the U.S. Department of Education and halt it from laying off nearly half of its staff, in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., April 25, 2025. REUTERS/Amanda Sabga

Education Tracking lawsuits challenging the Trump administration’s K-12 education agenda

Rachel M. Perera, Thalia González, Aidan Tomlinson

February 3, 2026

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