List of U.S. Congress articles
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U.S. Rep. Newt Gingrich shrugs in a photo. How Republicans Became the Anti-Tax Party
Today’s budget policies owe a great deal to the Bush-Gingrich showdown of 1990.
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Donald Trump points toward the camera as he stares directly at it. An out-of-focus triangular white shape in the foreground juts a diagonal over the image, cutting through Trump's chest. Can America’s Global Reputation Survive Trump?
Silicon Valley Rep. Ro Khanna is cautiously optimistic.
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U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) speaks to the media after the House narrowly passed a bill forwarding President Donald Trump's agenda at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on May 22. Congress Takes Aim at a Pillar of Civil Society
Provisions in Trump's tax package are the latest in a global crackdown on nonprofits.
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An elderly man and woman sit on the ground, the man on his knees as he sorts through something on the ground. Behind him are a rusted cart and bicycle in front of a paint-smeared concrete wall and a battered corrugated metal sign with the words USAID: From the American people" on it. What Trump’s New Budget Says About U.S. Foreign Policy
The president wants to significantly pull back on many of America’s traditional global engagements while spending more on the border and defense.
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Cecilia Rouse, the chair of the Council of Economic Advisers, testifies before the Senate Banking Committee at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington on Feb. 17, 2022. The Experts Who Kept the United States out of Recession
A council intended to provide disinterested economic advice to the president has fallen out of favor.
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Greer, a man with a short salt-and-pepper beard and wearing a suit and red tie, gestures with one hand as he speaks to Senator Ron Johnson. Johnson is an older and slightly taller man with gray hair and a suit, seen in profile with his hand against his chest as he listens, brow furrowed. Congress Is Still Trying to Wrest Back Trade Authority From Trump
But it will likely take far more economic damage to reverse decades of trade delegation.
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A man enters the U.S. Treasury Department building on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, DC, on Jan. 24, 2017. Another Anti-Corruption Pillar Crumbles
Not enforcing the Corporate Transparency Act makes life harder for U.S. businesses—and easier for drug traffickers.
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A man looks on as a fire rages in Sudan. Congress Has a Choice on Sudan
Trump’s indifference and aid cuts are exacerbating the world’s largest humanitarian crisis.
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The Department of Education building in Washington, DC on March 24. Why Republicans Hate the Education Department
Broad popular support means that even Ronald Reagan failed at dismantling the agency.
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Protect Our Care supporters display "Hands Off Medicaid" message in front of the White House in Washington on March 4. Why Medicaid Is Republicans’ Third Rail
On the chopping block is a “big government” program that covers medical costs for millions of Americans.
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Members of the press watch as U.S. President Donald Trump leaves the White House in Washington aboard Marine One on Feb. 14. Why Republicans Love Strong Presidents
Donald Trump has picked up where Reagan and both Bushes left off.
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A bust of Richard Nixon is seen as a man walks in the Senate on Capitol Hill in Washington, Jan. 13, 2020. The Dangers of Presidential Impoundment
Nixon tried what Trump is planning—and it caused a constitutional crisis.
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Trucks approach the Lewiston-Queenston Bridge border crossing to the United States in Niagara Falls, Canada, on Feb. 4. Trump’s Tariffs Are an Unconstitutional Power Grab
Declaring a national emergency to exact concessions is a ploy to seize authority.
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A box of tomatoes. Why Is the President, Not Congress, in Charge of Tariffs?
Hint: It has to do with tomatoes.
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A staff member arranges a set of executive orders on a desk for U.S. President Donald Trump to sign during an inauguration event at Capital One Arena in Washington, DC, on Jan. 20. The Problem With a President’s ‘First 100 Days’
A staple of U.S. political discourse has generated unrealistic expectations about how democracy functions.
