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Public opinion and expert surveys show Donald Trump ranks low on measures of moral authority compared with many modern presidents: a 2025 Gallup analysis finds Trump rated worse on ethics than most re...
The simplest, most widely supported answer in available reporting is that the United States functions as both a republic and a form of democracy: specifically a constitutional, representative (or “lib...
Democratic presidents and Democratic-controlled Congresses have been involved in federal government shutdowns in U.S. history; shutdowns are not the exclusive product of one party but arise from . Con...
The available reporting shows President Trump has repeatedly threatened or floated invoking the Insurrection Act, and his administration has deployed federal and National Guard forces domestically wit...
No state-level laws extending the federal “enhanced” ACA premium subsidies after Dec. 31, 2025 are identified in the provided reporting; the discussion in national coverage centers on Congressional op...
A US government shutdown happens when Congress and the President fail to enact funding legislation before existing authority expires, producing a funding gap that forces nonessential federal activitie...
The enacted in 2025–26 produced measurable revenue gains for the federal government but generated clear economic costs that fell largely on American consumers and businesses, with growing evidence tha...
Independent redistricting commissions (IRCs) remove or reduce direct legislative control over map‑drawing and — when well‑designed — increase transparency, public input and rules-based mapping that st...
Demographic shifts that could alter Democrats’ 2026 prospects include the growth of nonwhite voters that historically tilt Democratic (Brookings), a rightward shift among young voters/Gen Z after 2024...
Insurers’ filed rates and expert analyses show pre-subsidy premiums for ACA marketplace plans are set to rise sharply in 2026 — analyses report median proposed increases of about 18% and headline proj...
If Congress allows the enhanced premium tax credits to expire after 2025, models project sharp cost shifts: average after-subsidy premium payments for marketplace enrollees would more than double from...
Donald Trump’s use of Twitter and similar platforms has repeatedly produced high-profile claims that independent fact‑checkers have rated false, misleading, or exaggerated, provoking platforms to add ...
Texas’s 2025 congressional redistricting would have shifted roughly five U.S. House seats toward Republicans — reducing the number of majority- or coalition-minority districts and dismantling several ...
Big data and machine learning reshape democratic decision-making by enabling more informed policy design while simultaneously creating risks of manipulation, privacy erosion, and democratic backslidin...
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Political scientists and experts broadly portrayed ’s conduct and across his presidencies as norm‑breaking, polarizing, and at times dangerous to democratic norms, while also recognizing policy succes...
Local corrections to social-media misreports about public religious observance in New York City generally follow three paths—verification reporting by local fact-checkers, public-office responses and ...