Envision the following scenario: it is the 2008 U.S. presidential election between Senator John McCain (R-AR) and Senator Barack Obama (D-IL). As the results begin pouring in, a senator from another country writes to The New York Times and warns that if the...

The general public wants to blame the United States president for the health of the U.S. economy, but there is a man behind the scenes who has much more influence over economic conditions, about whom Schoolhouse Rock never released a cartoon. Now there's a...

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) lost his primary in May, but before leaving Congress he accomplished something that has eluded war powers advocates for decades. Journalist Aída Chávez summarized the moment succinctly on X: House passes Iran war powers resolution 215-208....