by Hunter Porter | Mar 24, 2026 | Suffolk University
Congress plays an essential role in our government. They are the only federal officials directly elected by the American people, yet in recent years, under Republican and Democratic leadership, they have shirked their constitutional powers, ceding them to the...
by Safa Chowdhry | Mar 23, 2026 | University of Houston
The representation of American’s political identities have been vastly changing over the past two decades. Public polls show that roughly 40 percent of Americans no longer identify with either the Democratic or Republican party. The rise of the independent party has...
by Madelyn Stuart | Mar 12, 2026 | University of Houston
In a June 2024 Fox News interview, then presidential candidate Donald Trump claimed that when in office, he would support the release of the full Epstein files. These files pertain to convicted sex trafficker Jefferey Epstein. Epstein was a financier who pleaded...
by Lizzie Casazza | Mar 9, 2026 | University of Houston
Should a president always be held accountable for crimes committed in office if he claims they were necessary to doing his job? In Trump v. United States, the Supreme Court essentially ruled no. Under the 2024 ruling, a president would have absolute immunity from...
by Charlie Bowie | Feb 13, 2026 | Boston University
On February 6, 2026, the Office of Personnel Management released a rule authorizing the reclassification of tens of thousands of “policy-influencing” positions within the executive bureaucracy, effectively stripping vital civil service protections from these...
