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In the swirl of news this week, it would be easy to miss recent announcements from two of America's largest and most influential technology companies that have implications for our democracy as a whole. ...
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On Tuesday, President Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen pleaded guilty to five counts of tax fraud and two counts of campaign finance violations, reports the New York Times. Cohen implicated the presid...
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China and U.S. restart trade negotiations
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Anyone who saw Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s testimony before Congress in April witnessed first-hand what I experienced for six years as a congressional staffer: the Senate and the House of Representati...
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Seven questions about national security and the way forward in the wake of Tuesday’s events.
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Attorney Michael Cohen pleaded guilty Tuesday to a charge that is compelling only because of the story he has to tell, along with other evidence, about the way that Donald Trump operates.
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The plea agreement reached by the president's former personal lawyer Michael Cohen with prosecutors in the Southern District of New York is available in full below. We will add other documents as they ar...
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President Trump’s former attorney Michael Cohen is expected to plead guilty to charges related to bank fraud, tax fraud and a campaign finance violation, reports the Washington Post.
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At the ASEAN Regional Forum on Aug.
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On Tuesday, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruled to deny the nonprofit group Protect Democracy access to certain documents related to the Trump administration’s legal justification ...
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The Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs is holding a hearing Tuesday at 10:00 a.m. on "Russia Sanctions: Current Effectiveness and Potential for Next Steps." The committee will hear t...
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The Department of Justice National Security Division has accused two individuals of acting covertly on behalf of the government of Iran.
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What a weird weekend it has been. The Manafort jury is deliberating, the White House lawyer is cooperating with the special prosecutor and giving 30 hours of interview about presidential conduct, and Mic...
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Just before dawn on Monday, six bullets were fired from a moving car at the U.S. embassy in Turkey, though no one was hurt, the AP reports. Turkish officials swiftly condemned the shooting, and Turkish p...
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Event Announcements (More details on the Events Calendar)
Wednesday, Aug. 22 at 10:00 a.m.: The Brookings Institution will host a panel discussion on “Reimagining the U.S.-South Korea Alliance.” Panelis...
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President Trump’s revocation of former CIA Director John Brennan’s security clearance brings together in an unfortunate way two pathological trends in the Trump era, and highlights the conundrum of the f...
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Editor’s Note: After years of civil war in Libya, the recent plan to hold elections there seems like a rare ray of sunshine, creating hope that the country may be on the path to peace. Jason Pack and Rhi...
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Military commission judge Col. James Pohl ruled Friday that “the Government will not be permitted [to] introduce any FBI Clean Team Statement from any of the Accused for any purpose” during the trial of ...
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A little over a year ago, on July 26, 2017, the president tweeted:
After consultation with my Generals and military experts, please be advised that the United States Government will not accept or allo...
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The New York Times reports that White House Counsel Don McGahn has interviewed extensively with the special counsel, cooperating with the president’s consent but perhaps more extensively than President T...
