U.S. Politics & Government

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives to launch a digital payment app linked with a nationwide biometric database during the "DigiDhan" fair, in New Delhi, India, December 30, 2016. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi - RTX2WXWL

Up Front

Growing the U.S.-India economic relationship: The only way forward

Joshua P. Meltzer and Harsha Vardhana Singh

Thursday, June 22, 2017

A U.S. Border patrol agent opens a gate on the fence along the Mexico border

Immigration

Hitting the wall: On immigration, campaign promises clash with policy realities

John Hudak, Elaine Kamarck, and Christine Stenglein

Thursday, June 22, 2017

U.S. Senator Dan Coats (R-IN) (L-R), Senator Lamar Alexander (R-TN) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) depart following their weekly Republican caucus lunch meeting

Unpacked

Secret dealmaking and the GOP health care bill

Sarah A. Binder

Wednesday, June 21, 2017

Voting booths are seen during the New York primary elections at a polling station in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, U.S., April 19, 2016.

FixGov

Trump’s election integrity commission needs to redress voter suppression, not fraud

Nicol Turner-Lee

Wednesday, June 21, 2017

Reports

Solar array on Brookings Institution's roof

Climate Change

Leveling the playing field for rooftop solar

Philip A. Wallach

Friday, June 16, 2017

Pennsylvania electors cast their ballots for U.S. President-elect Donald Trump at the Pennsylvania State Capitol in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

U.S. Politics & Government

More professionalism, less populism: How voting makes us stupid, and what to do about it

Benjamin Wittes and Jonathan Rauch

Wednesday, May 31, 2017

Ajit Pai, Chairman of U.S Federal Communications Commission

Technology & Innovation

Net neutrality 2.0: Perspectives on FCC regulation of internet service providers

Stuart N. Brotman

Tuesday, May 16, 2017

Senators look on at a testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill

U.S. Congress

Considering the budget resolution in the Senate: Challenges and consequences of reform

Molly E. Reynolds

Thursday, May 11, 2017

Fourth grade teacher Alicia Schoenborn works with a student at Mahnomen Elementary School in Mahnomen, Minnesota

K-12 Education

How is policy affecting classroom instruction?

Adam Edgerton, Morgan Polikoff, and Laura Desimone

Thursday, May 11, 2017

Blog Posts

Supporters for Georgia 6th Congressional District Democratic candidate Jon Ossoff rally and wave at passing cars amid signs for Republican candidate Karen Handel outside St Mary's Orthodox Church, Handel's polling place in Roswell, Georgia, U.S., June 20, 2017. REUTERS/Bita Honarvar - RTS17VZQ

FixGov

What does the special election in Georgia mean for the 2018 midterms? Two perspectives

Elaine Kamarck and Molly E. Reynolds

Tuesday, June 20, 2017

President Donald Trump's overview of the budget priorities for Fiscal Year 2018 are displayed at the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

Unpacked

President Trump’s education budget

Elizabeth Mann

Tuesday, June 20, 2017

A general view of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) building, with the partial quote "taxes are what we pay," in Washington May 27, 2015. Tax return information for about 100,000 U.S. taxpayers was illegally accessed by cyber criminals over the past four months, U.S. IRS Commissioner John Koskinen said on Tuesday, the latest in a series of data thefts that have alarmed American consumers. The entire quote chiseled on the building, from Oliver Wendell Holmes, reads, "Taxes are what we pay for a civilized society''. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - RTX1EU9N

FixGov

Carrot without the stick? Congress can’t pretend tax cuts pay for themselves

Jeffrey Birnbaum

Monday, June 19, 2017

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Experts

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Multimedia

U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) holds a copy of the United States constitution

Unpacked

The 25th Amendment

John Hudak

Friday, June 9, 2017

Unidentified government officials stand on used vegetable oil tins donated by the U.S. at a food distribution point near Jijiga, eastern Ethiopia December 1, 2009. Aid workers in Ethiopia will investigate how foreign humanitarian relief supplies are delivered after opposition political parties alleged that their members were being denied food ahead of elections in May. Picture taken December 1, 2009. REUTERS/Barry Malone (ETHIOPIA - Tags: POLITICS FOOD CRIME LAW IMAGES OF THE DAY) - RTXS2K0

Global Development

On proposed budget cuts to foreign assistance programs

George Ingram

Thursday, May 25, 2017

Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle (D-SD) (center,L) stands to address the Senate during the proceedings to vote on the two impeachment charges against President Clinton February 12. The Senate rejected both counts, with neither charge getting a majority of votes. The House Managers are seen seated around a table at the center. RC/SV - RTRLUD2

Unpacked

The political risks of impeachment

John Hudak

Tuesday, May 23, 2017

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