117th U.S. Congress

FILE PHOTO: A sign declares the National Archive is closed due to a partial federal government shutdown in Washington, U.S., December 22, 2018. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo/File Photo - RC137B87FED0

What will it take to end the shutdown? Watch these three things.

Sarah A. Binder

The Washington Post Monday, January 7, 2019

U.S. forces are seen at the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) headquarters after it was hit by Turkish airstrikes in Mount Karachok near Malikiya, Syria April 25, 2017. REUTERS/ Rodi Said - RC12805A1220

Learning from Trump’s Syria debacle—What Congress can do

John R. Allen and Michael E. O’Hanlon

Monday, January 7, 2019

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) addresses the U.S. House of Representatives during the start of the 116th Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., January 3, 2019. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - RC1A13FFE820

Will this new Congress be the one to pass data privacy legislation?

Cameron F. Kerry

Monday, January 7, 2019

Members of the U.S. House of Representatives are administered the oath of office by U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) during the start of the 116th Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., January 3, 2019. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - RC19E8350950

Congress should learn from Canada on preventing extremist violence

Friday, January 4, 2019

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

Impeachment is not a high priority for voters, recent polls show

William A. Galston

Thursday, January 3, 2019

U.S. Representative Adam Schiff, the ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, talks to reporters as he arrives for U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen, FBI Director Christopher Wray and Director of National Intelligence Daniel Coats to brief the U.S. House of Representatives in a classified members-only briefing on election security at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S. May 22, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - RC1F64BD7DB0

Congress in 2019: The many challenges facing Adam Schiff and the House Intel Committee

Margaret L. Taylor

Thursday, January 3, 2019

FILE PHOTO: A sign declares the National Archive is closed due to a partial federal government shutdown in Washington, U.S., December 22, 2018. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo/File Photo - RC137B87FED0

How to shut down future shutdowns

William G. Gale

Thursday, January 3, 2019

Clouds pass over the U.S. Capitol at the start of the third day of a shut down of the federal government in Washington, U.S., January 22, 2018. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts - RC12F4FE0800

Congress in 2019: A brief history of congressional investigations

Wednesday, January 2, 2019

A man walks a dog past a row of vacant houses on Crandall Street, a street that became a hub for narcotics activity according to local media and police, in Binghamton, New York, U.S., April 8, 2018. Picture taken April 8, 2018. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly - RC166673BE20

Congress in 2019: The challenge of left-behind places

Wednesday, January 2, 2019

The U.S. Capitol dome in Washington

Congress in 2019: What’s ahead for tax and fiscal policy?

William G. Gale and Mark Mazur

Tuesday, January 1, 2019