Susannah Bruns Ali, Florida International University Unless Congress and the White House can agree on a budget or extend funding short term, the federal government will shut down on Oct. 1, 2023. This means that approximately 2.2 million civilian federal employees would…
Laura Blessing, Georgetown University The U.S. is moving toward a government shutdown. House and Senate appropriators are divided on spending levels, policy riders and additional items, such as support for Ukraine. As a political scientist who studies the evolving budget…
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Morgan Marietta, University of Texas at Arlington The first Monday in October,…
Whitley R.P. Kaufman, UMass Lowell Today a majority of U.S. Supreme Court…
Mark Allan Jackson, Middle Tennessee State University The debt ceiling debate between the House GOP and President Joe Biden could, if not solved, lead to economic chaos and destruction – so it…
Anne P. DePrince, University of Denver A Manhattan jury has found that former President Donald Trump sexually abused journalist E. Jean Carroll in the 1990s and defamed her by saying that she…
Charles R. Hunt, Boise State University Commentators were quick to note President Joe Biden’s low job approval and favorability ratings after he announced his long-expected reelection bid on April 25, 2023. Others…
Wendy K. Smith, University of Delaware The U.S. is teetering toward an unprecedented debt default that could come as soon as June 1, 2023. In order for the U.S. to borrow more…
Matt Williams, The Conversation Lawmakers have been given notice of a new deadline if they are to avoid a damaging default on U.S. debt: June 1, 2023. If Congress fails to raise…
Sung-Yoon Lee, Tufts University South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol will meet his U.S. counterpart Joe Biden at the White House on April 26, 2023 – a rare state visit that comes…
Sung-Yoon Lee, Tufts University The United States and South Korea have unveiled an agreement under which leaders in Seoul will be handed an enhanced role in planning any nuclear response to a…
Arianne Chernock, Boston University The fact that first lady Jill Biden, but not her husband, President Joe Biden, will be attending King Charles III’s coronation on May 6, 2023, has not gone…
Kathleen Belew, Northwestern University For decades, the white power movement has gained steady momentum in the U.S. Kathleen Belew is an expert on the history of the white power movement and its…
Sung-Yoon Lee, Tufts University South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol will meet his U.S. counterpart Joe Biden at the White House on April 26, 2023 – a rare state visit that comes…
