117th U.S. Congress

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) returns to the stage to address Sinclair reporter James Rosen on Capitol Hill on Thursday. (Erin Scott/Reuters)

Impeachment and the lost art of persuasion

E.J. Dionne, Jr.

The Washington Post December 8, 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

The minority witness rule explained, and why it might be irrelevant for impeachment

Thursday, December 12, 2019

Supreme ambition: Brett Kavanaugh and the conservative takeover

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EST

A frieze of an American Eagle is seen during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on the impeachment inquiry into U.S. President Donald Trump in the Longworth House Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., December 4, 2019. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - RC2MOD9A4T41

What is and what is not an impeachable offense? This week in impeachment

Friday, December 6, 2019

How to build guardrails for facial recognition technology

8:45 AM - 9:30 AM EST

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

Improving congressional capacity to address problems and oversee the executive branch

Molly E. Reynolds

Wednesday, December 4, 2019

U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) speaks to reporters, alongside Senator Mazie Hirono (D-HI) and U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, after the weekly policy lunch in the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., October 29, 2019. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger - RC14FA101E80

The Lawfare Podcast: Senator Kaine on War Powers and the Coming Impeachment Trial

Lawfare December 3, 2019

From left, Sen. Ron Johnson, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Energy Secretary Rick Perry and Special Envoy to Ukraine Kurt Volker. (Mykola Lazarenko / The Presidential Administration of Ukraine)

We Wrote a Starr Report! An Account of the Record in L’Affaire Ukrainienne

Scott R. Anderson, Margaret L. Taylor, and Benjamin Wittes

Lawfare November 26, 2019

The U.S. Capitol building is pictured on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., November 27, 2019. REUTERS/Loren Elliott - RC2ZJD9XHAGW

Game on: What to make of Senate privacy bills and hearing

Cameron F. Kerry

Tuesday, December 3, 2019

Democratic U.S. presidential candidates Senator Amy Klobuchar, South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg, Senator Elizabeth Warren, former Vice President Joe Biden, and Senator Bernie Sanders pose at the start of their fifth 2020 campaign debate at the Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. November 20, 2019. REUTERS/Chris Aluka Berry - HP1EFBL060A07

Would a Democratic president mean the end of the US special relationship with Saudi Arabia?

Monday, November 25, 2019