Executive Branch

White House Counsel Don McGahn is seen at testimony of Judge Brett Kavanaugh during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, Washington, DC, U.S. September 27, 2018. Erin Schaff/Pool via REUTERS - RC1CF7D19850

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House Judiciary Committee v. McGahn: Executive power or executive privilege

Richard Lempert

Wednesday, November 27, 2019

House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA) with other Republican congressmen speaks to the media outside a secure area as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Laura Cooper testifies in a closed-door deposition as part of the U.S. House of Representatives impeachment inquiry into U.S. President Donald Trump on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., October 23, 2019. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas - RC192AB1A240

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Republicans backing Trump: This week in impeachment

Monday, November 25, 2019

U.S. Capitol

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Congress’s oversight mandate goes beyond impeachment

Jackson Gode and Lily Gong

Friday, November 22, 2019

Democratic U.S. presidential candidates (L-R) South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg, Senator Elizabeth Warren, former Vice President Joe Biden and Senator Kamala Harris listen as Senator Bernie Sanders speaks during their fifth 2020 campaign debate at the Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. November 20, 2019. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid - HP1EFBL07440M

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The Democratic debate: Can we talk about jobs? Please?

Thursday, November 21, 2019

Reports

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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

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a Make America Great Again rally in Great Falls, Montana, U.S., July 5, 2018. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts - RC1908AFAD00

Regulatory Policy

Regulatory lobbying has increased under the Trump administration, but the groups doing the lobbying may surprise you

Rachel Augustine Potter

Wednesday, July 11, 2018

Blog Posts

Democratic presidential candidate Senator Kamala Harris speaks during the fifth 2020 campaign debate at the Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., November 20, 2019. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid - HP1EFBL08V31G

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MSNBC debate moderators largely ignored people of color

Thursday, November 21, 2019

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy listens during a bilateral meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump on the sidelines of the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York City, New York, U.S., September 25, 2019. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC1C2AA07D00

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“The Russians love it” – This week in impeachment

Friday, November 15, 2019

Ukrainian Ambassador William Taylor arrives to testify during the first public hearings held by the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence as part of the impeachment inquiry into U.S. President Donald Trump, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, U.S., November 13, 2019. Saul Loeb/Pool via REUTERS - RC2FAD9CUGIG

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The US civil service: Protectors of the republic

Wednesday, November 13, 2019

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Events

The Mueller report: What did we learn?

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM EDT

President Carter: The White House years

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM EST

How to create a better, more efficient approach to infrastructure

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Experts

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Up Front

Are the kids alright? Saving and wealth accumulation among the millennial generation

William G. Gale

Wednesday, March 20, 2019

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Up Front

College sports joins the marketplace, with limits

Robert E. Litan

Tuesday, March 19, 2019

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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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