Congress remains locked in the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. While headlines understandably focus on safety-net and healthcare talks, a broader institutional danger looms: elimination ...

Preharvest control of zoonotic pathogens, including Salmonella is important to public health. Processors cannot eliminate zoonoses carried ...

Congress has played an important role in holding federal agencies accountable since the late 1700s, but oversight can also devolve into a political circus.

OpEd: Preserving the filibuster maintains balance, protects minority voices, and prevents rapid, destabilizing policy shifts the Founders feared.

The measure’s sponsors said Congress needed to assert its authority over declarations of war amid fears that the Trump administration is eyeing a wider war or even regime change in Venezuela.

Congress remains locked in a political standoff in what is now the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. While ...

The framers believed that a free press allowed for a marketplace of ideas where thoughts are debated, all with the intention of holding the government accountable and improving the lives of citizens.

Today, we celebrate the 238th anniversary of the publication of the very first essay in The Federalist Papers. Alexander Hamilton’s Federalist No. 1 from Oct. 27, 1787, marks the start of a seminal ...

Getting rid of the Senate filibuster to end the government shutdown would be a bad move for Republicans. There's no return once that line is crossed.

The Federalist Papers is a collection of 85 articles and essays written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay under the pseudonym "Publius" to promote the ratification of the United ...