Tag: US Congress
1776’s Declaration of Independence inspired Washington’s troops to fight against the...
Christopher Magra, University of Tennessee
A crowd gathered along the waterfront in New York City in the summer of...
What a US attorney general actually does – a law professor...
Jennifer Selin, Arizona State University
President Donald Trump fired Attorney General Pam Bondi on April 2, 2026, only 14...
Congress still has ways to throttle back Trump’s war with Iran...
SoRelle Wyckoff Gaynor, University of Virginia and Charlie Hunt, Boise State University
Despite the scale of its military assault...
50 years ago, the Supreme Court broke campaign finance regulation
John J. Martin, Quinnipiac University
In 2024, spending on federal elections totaled almost US$15 billion in the United States....
Enforcing Prohibition with a massive new federal force of poorly trained...
Richard F. Hamm, University at Albany, State University of New York
As the actions of agents with U.S. Immigration...
How a largely forgotten Supreme Court case can help prevent an...
Derek T. Muller, University of Notre Dame
The recent FBI search of the Fulton County, Georgia, elections facility and...
Congress has exercised minimal oversight over ICE, but that might change
Claire Leavitt, Smith College
President Donald Trump and Congress agreed to separate funding for the Department of Homeland Security...
For 80 years, the president’s party has almost always lost House...
Robert A. Strong, University of Virginia
Now that the 2026 midterm elections are less than a year away, public...
EXPLORING NATURE
Trump’s ‘God Squad’ pits energy vs. endangered species, but it’s a...
Dan Salas, University of Illinois Chicago
There’s a well-worn debate in U.S. politics that goes something like this: Would...
