117th U.S. Congress

Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) waits for U.S. President-elect Donald Trump to exit his plane after arriving for stop on his USA Thank You Tour event in Mobile, Alabama, U.S., December 17, 2016. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson - RTX2VHFQ

Confirming Team Trump: Jeff Sessions as Attorney General

Monday, January 9, 2017

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump (L) and Vice President-elect Mike Pence (R) greet retired Marine General James Mattis for a meeting at the main clubhouse at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey, U.S., November 19, 2016. REUTERS/Mike Segar - RTSSFDG

Confirming Team Trump: What to expect at the Senate’s confirmation hearings

Sarah A. Binder

Sunday, January 8, 2017

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump delivered brief remarks to reporters at the Mar-a-lago Club in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S. December 28, 2016. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - RTX2WSA8

What happens next? A tour of social scientists’ predictions for the Trump presidency

Jennifer L. Hochschild

Friday, January 6, 2017

U.S. Vice President-elect Mike Pence (C) and Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus (2nd R) join Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R) to speak with reporters after the weekly Republican caucus luncheon at the U.S. Capitol on Washington, U.S. January 4, 2017. Also pictured are U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) and Senator John Cornyn (R-TX). REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - RTX2XJZ2

New resolution is a first step toward Affordable Care Act repeal

Molly E. Reynolds

Wednesday, January 4, 2017

Obama signs health care law

President Obama’s legislative legacy and what it means for the next administration

Molly E. Reynolds

Friday, December 30, 2016

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump speaks as PayPal co-founder and Facebook board member Peter Thiel (C) and Apple Inc CEO Tim Cook look on during a meeting with technology leaders at Trump Tower in New York U.S., December 14, 2016. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton - RTX2V25H

Trump’s cabinet, agency picks and the art of policymaking

Friday, December 16, 2016

A view of the Capitol Building in Washington October 15, 2013.

The final fiscal fight of the Obama administration—and its many predecessors

Molly E. Reynolds and Philip A. Wallach

Thursday, December 8, 2016

A view of the Capitol Building in Washington October 15, 2013.

Republicans in Congress got a “seats bonus” this election (again)

Molly E. Reynolds

Tuesday, November 22, 2016

A general view of the White House in Washington in this September 30, 2013. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas

How Trump could reshape the lower federal courts

Russell Wheeler

Thursday, November 17, 2016

The federal government forms for applying for health coverage are seen at a rally held by supporters of the Affordable Care Act, widely referred to as "Obamacare", outside the Jackson-Hinds Comprehensive Health Center in Jackson, Mississippi, U.S. on October 4, 2013. REUTERS/Jonathan Bachman/File Photo - RTSO349

Keeping tabs on a potential ACA repeal: Three questions to watch

Molly E. Reynolds

Tuesday, November 15, 2016