a Reading The President of the United States cannot fill the government alone. Article II, Section 2 of the Constitution says the president shall nominate, and by and with the advice and consent of the Senate shall appoint, ambassadors, judges, and other senior officers. That phrase is the whole basis of the confirmation system. It … Read more
a Reading Congress writes laws. It also spends a great deal of time checking whether the executive branch is carrying them out, and whether public money is being spent as intended. That second activity is called oversight, and it is the source of most of the confrontations between Congress and the executive branch that you … Read more
On Monday, July 27, President Trump posted on Truth Social that Senate Majority Leader John Thune should not let the Senate “leave town” until it passes the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, known as the SAVE America Act, or, in his preferred alternative, eliminates the legislative filibuster entirely. He argued that without the filibuster Republicans … Read more
President Trump announced a trade investigation after new EU fines against Google, raising the possibility of tariffs in a wider technology dispute.
Federal investigations involving four school districts have renewed debate over parental access, student privacy, FERPA, and PPRA.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement is preparing expanded operations to arrest and deport Haitian nationals whose Temporary Protected Status has ended, according to two agency sources and internal federal documents obtained by CBS News, with parallel reporting from Fox News citing multiple federal sources. The plans reportedly include arrests in Ohio, home to large Haitian communities … Read more
A 51-43 cloture vote moved Jay Clayton closer to leading U.S. intelligence agencies, but the final confirmation vote has not happened yet.
The CFTC says prediction markets need one federal framework. States and tribes say many contracts are gambling. We fact-check both sides.
Learn how U.S. campaigns raise and spend money through individual donations, PACs, Super PACs, parties, public funding, and outside groups.
Reading Every four years the United States chooses a president. Long before the November election, each major party has to decide whom it will put forward. That decision is made through a long sequence of state contests, and the order in which those contests happen is called the nominating calendar. The calendar matters because the … Read more
The most striking thing about the fourth plenary of the 2026 Braver Angels National Convention was that the organization’s own founders used it to say their work has not been enough. Co-founder Bill Doherty told the room in Philadelphia that the country is more divided than when the group started in 2016. Co-founder David … Read more
A divided First Circuit left an injunction against Trump’s federal voter-list and mail-ballot executive order in place during appeal.
