Executive Branch

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

The Mueller report: What did we learn?

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM EDT

U.S. Attorney General William Barr, flanked by Edward O'Callaghan, Acting Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General (L) and Deputy U.S. Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, speaks at a news conference to discuss Special Counsel Robert Muellers report on Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential race, in Washington, U.S., April 18, 2019. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - RC120324E830

FixGov

Sorry, Mr. Barr—it is up to the public now

Thursday, April 18, 2019

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) poses for a selfie during a photo opportunity with House Democratic women of the 116th Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., January 4, 2019. REUTERS/Leah Millis?? TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC1474F482B0

FixGov

Why there will be a woman on the 2020 Democratic ticket

Thursday, April 11, 2019

Reports

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

U.S. President Donald Trump delivers his first State of the Union .

Regulatory Policy

How the Trump administration can legally delay Obama-era regulations

Wednesday, February 7, 2018

U.S. President Donald Trump, flanked by Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, Defense Secretary James Mattis and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, holds a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, D.C.

U.S. Politics & Government

Why is Trump’s staff turnover higher than the 5 most recent presidents?

Kathryn Dunn Tenpas

Friday, January 19, 2018

Blog Posts

U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos speaks with school children during a listening session before the arrival of U.S. first lady Melania Trump at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 9, 2018. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts - RC14E35B0270

Brown Center Chalkboard

Betsy DeVos’s support of charters spells disaster for their Democrat backers

Thursday, April 11, 2019

The sign for the House Judiciary Committee hearing room is visible at the Rayburn House office building where FBI lawyer Lisa Page failed to show up for a subpoena for a closed House Judiciary Committee deposition related to the ongoing congressional investigation into the Justice Department and FBI's decisions during the 2016 election in Washington, U.S., July 11, 2018. REUTERS/Leah Millis - RC11B1F228F0

FixGov

Maintaining the rule of law: How House Democrats are conducting oversight in the 116th Congress

Thursday, March 21, 2019

U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with members of Congress as he arrives at the 37th annual Friends of Ireland luncheon at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., March 14, 2019. REUTERS/Jim Young - RC1C5F28A710

FixGov

The Senate’s emergency vote showed Trump’s enduring strength

Friday, March 15, 2019

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Events

President Carter: The White House years

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM EST

How to create a better, more efficient approach to infrastructure

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM EDT

What’s next for Trump’s regulatory agenda: A conversation with OIRA Administrator Neomi Rao

10:00 AM - 11:15 AM EST

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Multimedia

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Executive Branch

Why Trump won’t be removed by the 25th Amendment

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U.S. President Donald Trump and Russia's President Vladimir Putin talk during the family photo session at the APEC Summit in Danang, Vietnam November 11, 2017. REUTERS/Jorge Silva - RC1B1EDB0E40

Trump’s Russia stance isn’t criminal; it’s just unpatriotic

Wednesday, April 3, 2019

U.S. Attorney General William Barr's signature is seen at the end of his four page letter to U.S. congressional leaders on the conclusions of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report on Russian meddling in the 2016 election after the letter was released by the House Judiciary Committee in Washington, U.S. March 24, 2019. REUTERS/Jim Bourg TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC1B4EB05810

What to make of Bill Barr’s letter

Benjamin Wittes, Susan Hennessey, Mikhaila Fogel, Quinta Jurecic, and Matthew Kahn

Sunday, March 24, 2019

Special Counsel Robert Mueller departs after briefing members of the U.S. Senate on his investigation of potential collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., June 21, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts - RC18CD8B4890

Four principles for reading the Mueller Report

Benjamin Wittes, Susan Hennessey, Mikhaila Fogel, and Quinta Jurecic

Thursday, February 21, 2019

Acting U.S. Attorney General Matthew Whitaker testifying before House Judiciary Committee

Tracking House oversight in the Trump era

Molly E. Reynolds and Jackson Gode

April 2019

U.S. President Donald Trump, flanked by Houston High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) Director Mike McDaniel and Chief of U.S. Border Patrol Carla Provost, holds a briefing on "drug trafficking on the southern border" in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington, U.S. March 13, 2019. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - RC1453617A40

The Senate vote on the wall brought Trump closer to impeachment

Friday, March 15, 2019

A general view of the U.S. Capitol building in Washington February 28, 2013. Positions hardened on Wednesday between U.S. President Barack Obama and Republican congressional leaders over the budget crisis even as they arranged to hold last-ditch talks to prevent harsh automatic spending cuts beginning this week. Looking resigned to the $85 billion in "sequestration" cuts starting on Friday, government agencies began reducing costs and spelling out to employees how furloughs will work. REUTERS/Jason Reed (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS) - GM1E92S1U0N01

Congressional investigations: Presidential harassment or constitutional duty?

Friday, March 8, 2019