Executive Branch

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Senator Kamala Harris launches her campaign for President of the United States at a rally at Frank H. Ogawa Plaza in her hometown of Oakland, California, U.S., January 27, 2019. REUTERS/Elijah Nouvelage/File Photo

VP pick Kamala Harris and the campaign road ahead

Camille Busette and Makada Henry-Nickie

Tuesday, August 11, 2020

UNITED STATES - JULY 28: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., makes his way to news conference after the Senate Republican Policy luncheon in Hart Building on Tuesday, July 28, 2020. Mark Meadows, White House chief of staff, and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, attended the lunch. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

Why Senate Republicans and the White House can’t agree on badly-needed COVID aid

Molly E. Reynolds

Friday, July 31, 2020

This aerial picture shows the Washington Monument standing on the National Mall and the White House at far left in Washington, U.S., June 8, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts - RC1C9C4C2D70

Trump’s coronavirus swamp

Norman Eisen and Aryeh Mellman

Wednesday, July 22, 2020

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

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

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

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

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

Thursday, June 25, 2020

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

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

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.

A primer on Section 230 and Trump’s executive order

Monday, June 8, 2020