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Research and commentary on government, elections, political influence, public institutions, civic life, lobbying, accountability, and how policy decisions are made.
In February 2013, a Washington reporter invented “Friends of Hamas” as an intentionally ridiculous example while investigating rumors about Chuck Hagel. Within roughly 24 hours,
Trump secretly switched planes after a reported Iran threat while journalists flew on the apparent presidential jet. Has another president ever done this?
A direct comparison of what U.S. lawmakers and congressional candidates have actually said about Muslims and Jews—and whether the same standard is being applied.
Haley Stevens endorsed Abdul El-Sayed after losing Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary. That does not vindicate “vote blue no matter who” — but it does deserve
The Pentagon can fail a financial audit and still receive more funding because Congress does not make a clean audit a condition of appropriations. This
Undocumented immigrants pay tens of billions of dollars in U.S. taxes while being excluded from many of the federal benefits they are frequently accused of
Hillary Clinton’s latest comments about Abdul El-Sayed reveal a larger problem: Democrats need to stop relitigating 2016 and move beyond establishment politics.
Progressives spent years being told that primary grievances ended when Democratic voters chose a nominee. Now Abdul El-Sayed has won—and some of the same political
Abdul El-Sayed openly campaigned against AIPAC’s political influence, survived approximately $32 million in spending by its super PAC, and won the Democratic nomination. The losing
Abdul El-Sayed’s victory showed that a grassroots candidate can survive an extraordinary advertising onslaught. The closeness of the result showed that money was not Haley
