How can citizens influence elected officials? The answer has shifted so much that Bradford Fitch doubled the size of his handbook.

Good faith and fair dealing—adherence to what we might call “norms”—is essential to the functioning of American government.

Recent news reports highlighted how the Fed technically has a third mandate – moderate long-term interest rates. An economist ...

Craig Garthwaite, Director of the Program on Healthcare at Northwestern University and co-author of a new paper from the Aspen Economic Strategy Group, talks about reforms that could make healthcare ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Republican strategist Liam Donovan, head of the consulting and public affairs firm Targeted Victory, how deep current disagreements in the GOP Congressional caucus are.

Cori Bush and Kat Abughazaleh discuss how to win in politics without selling out.

Legal scholar Joseph Nunn, counsel in the Brennan Center for Justice’s Liberty and National Security Program, breaks down the ...

Amid reports Pete Hegseth ordered a second strike on a Venezuelan boat, NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Virginia Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine about how Congress is handling oversight of the Pentagon.

More than 80 people have now been killed by U.S. strikes on suspected drug boats. There are growing questions about an order to kill two of those people - whether it amounts to a war crime. Here's ...

Few would seriously argue that Congress today is performing well. The federal government recently experienced the longest shutdown in American history when Congress failed to pass the annual spending ...

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters Thursday that President Trump does not want to execute members of Congress who urged the military not to follow unlawful orders, but that he ...

Nancy Cordes, CBS News’ chief White House correspondent, asked Trump Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt point-blank on Thursday if President Donald Trump wants to execute members of Congress, following ...