Congress showed again this week it is really struggling to follow its own normal budget-making process, and programs ...

You will hear no more disorienting or self-defeating a platitude uttered on Capitol Hill in this 250th year of the American ...

An overburdened, underresourced, and gridlocked Congress has contributed to executive abuse, Supreme Court overreach, and ...

Stream now with KPBS Passport / Watch Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025 at 8 p.m. on KPBS 2 or on Ken Burns' website For 200 years, the United States Congress has been one of the country's most important and ...

For decades Congress has been gradually ceding its constitutional authority to the executive branch of government. And the executive branch has stretched that authority far beyond anything Congress or ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

I attended many State of the Union addresses as a member of Congress and I know the ritual cold. Normally a president arrives prepared to persuade and engage, to lay out an agenda and make the case ...

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