Amid celebrations of our nation's 250th birthday, Gallup serves up a sobering portrait of general dissatisfaction with our nation's core institutions. "Confidence in U.S. institutions Remains Near All-Time Low," reports Gallup. Of 14 core institutions - banks, big business, labor, ...
"Lawyer up," incoming House Oversight Committee Chair Robert Garcia (D-Calif.) warned the Trump administration on election night. Not exactly subtle! Rep. Analilia Mejia (D-N.J.) dialed it up even further on X: "We're going to toss out subpoenas like Mardi Gras beads." On the ...
Every three years, the committees that write America's model building codes sit down and rewrite them. Every three years, the codes get longer. I have yet to find the cycle in which they took out more than they put in. Regulation works like a ratchet. Each click tightens. Nothing ...
In the 126 years since 1900, nearly 90 percent of the midterm elections have led to the party in the Oval Office losing House seats, and two-thirds of those same elections have led to it losing Senate seats. Given this history, midterm losses of some sort in 2026 were almost a sure bet. But ...
On a richly colored autumn afternoon, the Capitol was all abuzz, and I went forth expecting the breaking news of the day to be on the House side, with Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth's impeachment vote. Pete escaped the scythe of impeachment 211-204, with the outgoing House Republican ...
The historic 2026 midterm elections have led many to reflect on the state of our nation and how we can move forward under this new leadership of the "blue wave," the popular catchphrase used to describe Democrats regaining control of the Senate and House of Representatives. A ...
