List of U.S. Congress articles
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Trump speaks at a podium in front of a giant American flag hanging between columns at the White House. To his left are a teleprompter and another man in a suit, Lutnick, holding a chart with reciprocal tariff rates. What the U.S. Supreme Court Tariffs Case Is Really About
The case is less about tariffs and more about whether the U.S. Constitution still matters.
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Russell Vought speaks in front of a microphone while Donald Trump listens, both wearing blue suits with red ties, in front of a blurred painting of a man on a horse. Why Russell Vought Is One of the Most Powerful People in Washington
Trump’s budget director is working through the system rather than around it.
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About a dozen people stand on a low stone-brick wall with red-white-and-blue protest signs and flags as they demonstrate outside a brutalist concrete building with a sign reading the "Frances Perkins Department of Labor Building." The U.S. Government’s Repair Bills Are Coming Due
Decades of accumulated technical debt have hollowed out state capacity.
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People hold signs in support of USAID workers while standing outside the agency building. Foreign Aid Groups Grapple With How to Engage Trump
After drastic cuts, some aid workers are advocating a more pragmatic approach to dealing with Trump 2.0.
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The U.S. Capitol Visitor Center is closed to visitors during the federal government shutdown in Washington. Why America’s ‘Unusual’ Democracy Leads to Shutdowns
Other countries don’t have government shutdowns like the U.S.
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A member of Capitol security walks through an empty rotunda on Capitol Hill in Washington on Oct. 1, the first day of the most recent U.S. government shutdown. How a U.S. Government Shutdown Could Impact Washington’s Foreign Policy
Thousands of national security employees will continue working through the shutdown, but there are broader implications.
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Senator Chuck Schumer stands at a lecturn gesturing to a sign with Donald Trump speaking on it. How Shutting Down the U.S. Government Became the New Normal
Thirty years ago, a dangerous precedent was established that permanently altered the rules of political combat.
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King Charles III and U.S. President Donald Trump ride in a royal carriage through the Windsor Castle estate in Windsor, England, on Sept. 17. Is Trump Taking Treaties Back to the Middle Ages?
The White House has usurped the power to make foreign treaties and keeps their texts secret.
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Demonstrators hold a banner calling for an end to the deployment of National Guard troops in Washington, D.C. How the Movement to ‘Free D.C.’ Became a Civil Rights Struggle
Washington has long existed in a constitutional gray zone unlike those of other comparable democracies.
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A historic editorial cartoon depicts a twisted electoral district in Massachusetts as a winged salamander with claws and teeth. Why Texas’s Power Grab Is So Dangerous
Yes, congressional redistricting has always been contentious, but this instance of gerrymandering risks overwhelming the system.
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A man in a suit holds a pointer as he stands in front of a map of the U.S. labeled "Communist Party Organization U.S.A.-Feb. 9, 1950." How the ‘Paranoid Style’ Took Over U.S. Politics
From McCarthy to MAGA, the Epstein files is merely the latest conspiracy theory to grip the right wing.
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Protestors carry signs as they demonstrate against proposed cuts to Medicaid and Medicare outside City Hall in San Francisco on Sept. 21, 2011. Why Don’t Americans Rise up Against Unpopular Policy Anymore?
The last time a political party paid a price for legislation was in 1989.
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Lyndon Johnson stands in front a lectern with the presidential seal on it. Teleprompters are set up on either side. Behind him is a stretch of water, and beyond that, the looming high-rise buildings of the New York City skyline. How Lyndon Johnson Moved the Nation Forward on Immigration
The president beat out nativist arguments to dismantle a national quota system.
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Phillip Swagel, director of the Congressional Budget Office. Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” Leaves the Congressional Budget Office Battling for Relevance
A non-partisan panel of experts shaping policy, in this economy?
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Trump motions with both hands outstretched to his sides as he stands at a podium. Behind him is a low pyramid of stacked oil barrels. Energy Security Means Using Less Oil
The war with Iran shows why hopes for energy independence are inadequate.
