After news broke this week that Education Secretary Betsy DeVos was considering letting states use federal grant funding to buy guns for schools, Senior Fellow and Brown Center on Education Policy Director Michael Hansen discusses the problematic proposal to use taxpayer money to arm teachers and faculty, and offers recommendations for less risky policies to make schools safer.

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 Senior Fellow George Ingram discusses the Trump administration’s attempts to cut foreign assistance funding without congressional approval and how it hurts US international interests.

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Senior Fellow David Dollar discusses the latest exchange of retaliatory tariffs between China and the U.S. and the risks of further escalating the trade war between the two countries.

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Senior Fellow Norm Eisen explains the recent events in the Manafort and Cohen trials, and how they affect President Trump and his likelihood of being convicted of criminal charges.

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Senior Fellow John Hudak analyzes how the Manafort and Cohen guilty pleas and conviction will affect voting and candidate behavior in the 2018 midterm elections. He also explains why Trump is unlikely to be removed from office, even if he is impeached.

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Senior Fellow Norm Eisen discusses President Trump’s decision to revoke former CIA Director John Brennan’s security clearance, the constitutional issues the action raises, and whether the courts will respond.

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Senior Fellow Elaine Kamarck discusses the results from the special election in Ohio’s 12th Congressional District and analyzes why Republicans should worry as both parties head into the midterm elections. Kamarck also explains various ways to use political trends to predict election outcomes.

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Fellow Molly Reynolds discusses the Senate’s “minibus” appropriations strategy—packaging spending legislation in a few small bills rather than one larger “omnibus” bill. Reynolds analyzes whether or not this tactic will successfully keep the government funded and avoid a government shutdown.

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Timmons Roberts discusses the implications of President Trump’s new fuel-economy standards, which roll back Obama-era reforms. Roberts explains that backing out of our carbon commitments angers states with comprehensive regulation, and disappoints our international partners.

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Robert Bosch Senior Fellow Amanda Sloat explains the complicated circumstances around the U.S. decision to impose sanctions on Turkish officials, and unpacks what’s at stake in the region if the U.S. relationship with NATO ally Turkey deteriorates further.  

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