Trump administration
Mail‑in voting: Trump administration appeals to Supreme Court to revive executive order setting limits, rejected by lower courts
The U.S. Constitution gives states control of elections. An executive order by President Donald Trump aims to take away that control and limit mail-in voting. The Supreme Court will now weigh in.
How the Trump administration’s rhetoric promotes anti‑transgender views
How invented threats, provocative language and repulsive imagery contribute to declining support for transgender people and other marginalized groups.
Is withholding federal counterterrorism funds from states – as FEMA has threatened – legal?
Legal scholars argue that when executive branch agencies impose conditions on federal funds, courts should give these cases special scrutiny.
There’s an intensifying kind of threat to academic freedom – watchful students serving as informants
Restricting academic freedom is often thought of in terms of universities telling professors what they can and cannot do or teach. But that isn’t the only scenario.
The antifa terrorism threat the Trump administration describes does not exist
Antifa is a scattered movement of local collectives that opposes fascism. It has no leader, command hierarchy, funding structure or record of deadly attacks.
Featuring Trump on US coins and bills would put America in rare company
A professor of international relations counted the sitting leaders on over 1,000 of the world’s banknotes and coins; almost every one of them is a king or a queen.
Declassified intelligence is not the same as proof
An international affairs professor with nearly 30 years of experience in the US intelligence community – including at the CIA and NSA – explains how to evaluate the newly released election documents
Why Trump’s move to gut the Endangered Species Act likely won’t hold up in court
If Congress didn’t believe habitat destruction and degradation constitute ‘harm’ under the statute, why would it require permits and plans to offset habitat loss?
Republicans control Congress, so why is Trump’s SAVE America Act stuck?
Republicans hold both chambers and publicly back the president’s signature bill that would curtail mail-in voting and enforce strict voter ID laws. Here, a public policy and politics scholar explains why it still isn’t law.
As lawmakers politicize the 250th anniversary, Americans are looking for unity over division
While discord exists over the meaning of the 250th anniversary, Americans strongly believe there is more that unites the country than divides it.