Executive Branch

FILE PHOTO: A pedestrian holding an umbrella walks along First Street, as a series of rulings are issued at the United States Supreme Court in Washington, U.S., July 6, 2020. REUTERS/Tom Brenner/File Photo

FixGov

Winners and losers in the Supreme Court decisions on Trump’s finances

Richard Lempert

Friday, July 10, 2020

The South Portico and residence of the White House are illuminated before U.S. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump emerged to watch the Washington, D.C. fireworks display from the Truman Balcony while celebrating the U.S. Independence Day holiday at the White House in Washington, U.S., July 4, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

FixGov

What happens if President Trump contracts COVID-19

Wednesday, July 8, 2020

FILE PHOTO: A general view of the United States Supreme Court in Washington, U.S., May 3, 2020. REUTERS/Will Dunham/File Photo

FixGov

Waiting for Trump’s tax returns: Don’t hold your breath

Richard Lempert

Monday, June 29, 2020

Donald Trump walks through Lafeyette Square flanked by police

TechTank

Could Donald Trump claim a national security threat to shut down the internet?

Thursday, June 25, 2020

Reports

Condolleeza Rice and Alice Rivlin

Essay

The president’s advisors: An analysis of women on the president’s “A Team”

Kathryn Dunn Tenpas

Wednesday, June 3, 2020

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Report

All the president’s privileges

Richard Lempert

Thursday, December 19, 2019

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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

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during his meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, U.S., March 20, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

Executive Branch

Tracking turnover in the Trump administration

Kathryn Dunn Tenpas

July 2020

Blog Posts

Executive Orders regarding trade lay on the Resolute desk in the Oval Office of the White House March 31, 2017 in Washington, DC. .Photo by Olivier Douliery/ Abaca

FixGov

The limitations of a climate change presidency

Tuesday, June 23, 2020

Demonstrators hold up signs at the "Black Lives Matter Plaza", near the White House, during a protest against racial inequality in the aftermath of the death in Minneapolis police custody of George Floyd, in Washington, U.S. June 6, 2020. REUTERS/Jim Bourg

How We Rise

Racism and the task ahead for the 2021 White House

Camille Busette

Thursday, June 11, 2020

NYTVIRUS -President Donald Trump with Attorney General William Barr, make remarks before signsing an executive order in the Oval Office that will punish Facebook, Google and Twitter for the way they police content online, Thursday, May 28, 2020. ( Photo by Doug Mills/Pool/Sipa USA) No Use UK. No Use Germany.

TechTank

A primer on Section 230 and Trump’s executive order

Monday, June 8, 2020

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Events

Webinar: How federal job vacancies hinder the government’s response to COVID-19

1:30 PM - 2:15 PM EDT

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

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Related Books

Inside Congress

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2017

The Professor and the President

By Stephen Hess

2017

Calling the Shots

By Daniel P. Gitterman

2017

Experts

Elaine Kamarck

Founding Director - Center for Effective Public Management

Senior Fellow - Governance Studies

EKamarck

Kathryn Dunn Tenpas

Nonresident Senior Fellow - Governance Studies

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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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