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President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping, seen here in 2019 at the G-20 summit in Osaka, are likely to meet next week in South Korea.

Must-see summit: Global audience awaits Trump-Xi meeting

By Bruce Stokes
Posted October 23, 2025 at 4:52pm
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., walks from his office to the microphone to hold a news conference on the government shutdown in the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025.

The shutdown: How did we get here?

By David Winston
Posted October 22, 2025 at 4:48pm
Marc Maron, seen here on tour earlier this year, ended his “WTF with Marc Maron” podcast last week with an interview with former President Barack Obama. Their conversation offers a different path for politics from the one we are on, writes Brandon Wetherbee.

‘We can make it better’ — the end of ‘WTF with Marc Maron’ and the future of politics

By Brandon Wetherbee
Posted October 21, 2025 at 6:00am
Cheese has greased the wheels of some bipartisan gatherings in the past — and even a government shutdown can’t stop collaboration altogether, Fitch writes.

Whiskey, cheese and common ground in Congress

President Donald Trump at the White House on Sept. 25. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

President Trump’s aluminum and steel tariffs strengthen US national security

By Former Rep. Allen West
Posted October 17, 2025 at 10:40am
Blue skies replace rain clouds over the Capitol on Oct. 8.

Reporter recalls a time when shared humanity prevailed in Congress

By Neda Toloui-Semnani
Posted October 15, 2025 at 6:00am
The current challenges in higher education didn’t begin overnight, according to the new book “Peril and Promise.” Above, a high school graduate tosses a cap in the air at the Lincoln Memorial in June 2020.

Higher education is hurting. Why should you care?

By Mary C. Curtis
Posted October 14, 2025 at 1:59pm
Blue skies replace rain clouds over the Capitol on Oct. 8.

Shutdown serves as exhibit A into why Congress does not work

By Steven Pearlstein
Posted October 10, 2025 at 11:42am
Tea party activists gather near the Capitol on April 6, 2012, holding “Don’t Tread on Me” flags.

Where are those ‘Don’t Tread on Me’ flags now?

By Mary C. Curtis
Posted October 9, 2025 at 6:00am
Members of the National Guard patrol a Washington, D.C., street on Sept. 11. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Are we at the beginning of the next civil war?

By Nathan L. Gonzales
Posted October 8, 2025 at 4:29pm
Democrats Abigail Spanberger and Mikie Sherrill, seen here early in their tenure as House members, are running for governor in Virginia and New Jersey, respectively. They both need to win to give Democrats momentum for the 2026 elections, Rothenberg writes.

One win isn’t enough for Democrats in this year’s governor’s races

By Stuart Rothenberg
Posted October 6, 2025 at 1:05pm