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On June 30, a delegation of U.S. Congressional employees who support members of the Senate and House of Representatives in ...
At the highest level, the U.S. government looks like a gerontocracy, with average ages around 60 in both the House and the Senate.
A provision that would have benefited the public tremendously by enabling Congress to rein in out-of-control, costly regulations was stripped out of the budget reconciliation bill recently passed ...
Last month, Carla Hayden, the first woman and first African American to serve as Librarian of Congress, received an email announcing her dismissal. She talks about libraries as bastions of ...
Likewise, we have made clear that, unless Congress acts to suspend it, the Great Writ of habeas corpus allows the Judicial Branch to play a necessary role in maintaining this delicate balance of ...
The 119th Congress has only passed three laws and 11 regulatory disapproval resolutions this legislative session. This lack of legislative output is a sign of political nihilism and a preference ...
Members of Congress traded heavily in April as President Trump's tariff rollout hit the stock market -- and the most active traders were vocal proponents of stock-trading bans, according to a ...
Congress must reclaim its constitutional authority over tariffs, as President Trump’s use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) has been deemed unconstitutional, and a co… ...
The “One Big Beautiful Bill” in its current form is not the right approach. It would add $3 trillion to the national debt. But it’s not too late to change ...
Dems in Congress deal with string of deaths — and it’s helping the Republicans’ razor-thin vote margins: ‘Fundamentally broken’ ...
First Black woman to head Library of Congress fired by Trump over DEI concerns Carla Hayden has championed books by diverse authors. 'We felt she did not fit the needs of the American people ...
Congress' recent passage of the TAKE IT DOWN Act marks a pivotal breakthrough. The bill, which helps stop the spread of non-consensual intimate images and deepfakes online, is the first major ...