Executive Branch

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FixGov

Cuomo and Trump’s daily briefings in a propaganda world

Linda Peek Schacht

Wednesday, April 8, 2020

U.S. President Donald Trump signs the $2.2 trillion H.R. 748 CARES Act coronavirus aid package bill in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, U.S., March 27, 2020. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

FixGov

In administering the COVID-19 stimulus, the president’s role model should be Joe Biden

Tuesday, April 7, 2020

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo speaks in front of stacks of medical protective supplies during a news conference at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, which will be partially converted into a temporary hospital during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in New York City, New York, U.S., March 24, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Segar

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Trump or governors: Who’s the boss?

William A. Galston

Wednesday, March 25, 2020

U.S. President Donald Trump declares the coronavirus pandemic a national emergency as Vice President Mike Pence, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar and other officials listen during a news conference in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, U.S., March 13, 2020. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

FixGov

In a national emergency, presidential competence is crucial

Friday, March 20, 2020

Reports

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Report

All the president’s privileges

Richard Lempert

Thursday, December 19, 2019

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 - HT1ECB90KK9V0

Policy 2020

The urgent need for peer review in the presidential nominating process

Tuesday, October 29, 2019

Microphones wait for senators to speak after Senate Democratic and Republican caucus luncheons at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, October 15, 2013. Republicans in the House of Democratic failed to reach internal consensus on Tuesday on how to break an impasse on the federal budget that could soon result in an economically damaging default on the country's debt. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS) - GM1E9AG05TF01

U.S. Politics & Government

Acting leaders: recent practices, consequences, and reforms

Anne Joseph O’Connell

Monday, July 22, 2019

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

U.S. Politics & Government

Considering collusion: A primer on potential crimes

Barry H. Berke, Dani R. James, Noah Bookbinder, and Norman Eisen

Thursday, November 1, 2018

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

U.S. Politics & Government

Responsiveness and durability: An analysis of the Accountability and State Plans rule

Elizabeth Mann Levesque

Wednesday, October 31, 2018

Blog Posts

U.S. President Donald Trump is accompanied by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony Fauci, coronavirus task force members and industry executives as he takes questions at a news conference where he declared the coronavirus pandemic a national emergency in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, U.S., March 13, 2020. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

FixGov

Trump’s failed presidency

Monday, March 16, 2020

U.S. President Donald Trump delivers his State of the Union address to a joint session of the U.S. Congress in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S. February 4, 2020. REUTERS/Leah Millis/POOL

The Avenue

Trump’s State of the Union declared we’re in a “blue-collar boom.” Workers don’t agree.

February 6, 2020

A general view of the White House in Washington in this September 30, 2013. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas

TechTank

New White House AI principles reach beyond economic and security considerations

Thursday, January 30, 2020

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Events

Code Red: A book event with E.J. Dionne Jr.

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM EST

Unmaking the presidency

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM EST

The Mueller report: What did we learn?

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM EDT

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Experts

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Multimedia

U.S.Labor Secretary Alex Acosta listens as U.S. President Donald Trump announces Acosta's resignation before the president departed for travel to Milwaukee, Wisconsin from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, U.S., July 12, 2019. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque?? - RC11300D1CC0

Podcast Episode

With Acosta’s resignation, how is high turnover affecting the administration?

Kathryn Dunn Tenpas

Friday, July 12, 2019

Demonstrators gather outside the U.S. Supreme Courthouse in Washington, U.S., April 23, 2019. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton - RC172B1D73C0

Podcast Episode

Will new documents sway the Supreme Court on census citizenship question?

Monday, June 3, 2019

The White House is seen after Special Counsel Robert Mueller handed in his report to Attorney General William Barr on his investigation into Russia's role in the 2016 presidential election and any potential wrongdoing by U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington, U.S., March 22, 2019. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts - RC1F6046A900

Podcast Episode

After the Mueller report, will President Trump be impeached?

Margaret L. Taylor

Friday, April 19, 2019

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