Concern for the health of American democracy is usually directed toward election-related questions such as campaign financing, voting procedures, participation rates, and gerrymandering. Yet it ought ...

As Republicans look for ways to rein in federal judges issuing countless orders to halt the Trump administration's action on immigration in particular, a number of potential avenues for doing so are ...

I write to share important updates from Washington, D.C. that are expected to affect our campuses and higher education nationwide. On July 4, President Trump signed into law the One Big Beautiful Bill ...

Over the last two years, Federal crop insurance premium subsidies have been raised far more by procedures outside the farm bill than inside the farm bill. Two USDA administrative actions raised the ...

If many of us operated our household budgets like the federal government, we would be considered reckless and irresponsible. And yet, here we are again, facing another showdown over a shutdown. The ...

After telling House lawmakers that the F.B.I. needed more resources, Kash Patel told senators that he agreed with a proposal to slash more than $500 million from the agency. By Devlin Barrett ...

The federal statistical system costs less than one-tenth of one percent of the federal budget. The return on that investment for the taxpayer is enormous. But despite its importance, the FSS faces ...

The country is in a moment where the distribution of responsibilities and resources between local communities and the federal government is shifting. The last four years have been defined by large ...