U.S. Politics & Government

People walk past the U.S. Treasury building in Washington, U.S. January 19, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

The politics of the debt ceiling debate in Congress

Molly E. Reynolds and David Dollar

Monday, January 23, 2023

Boxes of ballots cast in the U.S. midterm elections sit in the Maricopa County Tabulation and Election Center in Phoenix, Arizona, U.S., November 9, 2022. REUTERS/Brian Snyder

The midterm election’s impact on foreign policy and economic issues

William A. Galston and David Dollar

Tuesday, November 15, 2022

The different ways that platforms can and do moderate extremist content

Daniel L. Byman and Alan Z. Rozenshtein

The Lawfare Podcast

Thursday, September 22, 2022

FILE PHOTO: Chairperson U.S. Representative Bennie Thompson (D-MS) speaks as members of the U.S. House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol listen before a vote to approve a report recommending the U.S. House of Representatives cite Jeffrey Clark for criminal contempt of Congress during a meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S. December 1, 2021. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo

What can we expect from the January 6 committee hearings?

Norman Eisen and Adrianna Pita

Thursday, June 9, 2022

Committee Chairman U.S. Representative Bennie Thompson (D-MS) leads the U.S. House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol as they meet to decide whether to recommend the U.S. House to cite Trump administration officials Peter Navarro and Dan Scavino for criminal contempt of Congress, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S. March 28, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

What’s new in the January 6 investigation?

Quinta Jurecic and Adrianna Pita

Thursday, March 31, 2022

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Brookings President John R. Allen on Russia, Ukraine, China, and leading the Institution forward

John R. Allen and Fred Dews

Friday, March 25, 2022

A general view of the U.S. Capitol Building, in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, March 9, 2022. (Graeme Sloan/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

What can we do about worsening political polarization in America?

Darrell M. West and Fred Dews

Friday, March 11, 2022

U.S. President Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union address at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC, U.S, March 1, 2022. Saul Loeb/Pool via REUTERS

Did Biden’s State of the Union speech meet the moment?

Scott R. Anderson, John Hudak, and Molly E. Reynolds

Wednesday, March 2, 2022

FILE PHOTO: An explosion caused by a police munition is seen while supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump riot at the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, U.S., January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo

Is American democracy failing?

Elaine Kamarck and Fred Dews

Friday, January 14, 2022

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden arrives to deliver remarks on voting rights during a speech on the grounds of Morehouse College and Clark Atlanta University in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., January 11, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo

Will Biden’s call for Senate filibuster reform carve out a path for voting rights?

Rashawn Ray and Adrianna Pita

Thursday, January 13, 2022