Why Scientific Transparency Is So Tricky
People love transparency in science, until they don’t. By Paul D. Thacker The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s logo…
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H&R Block and Intuit Are Still Lobbying to Make Filing Taxes Harder
The financial services companies spent millions last year to permanently bar the government from offering taxpayers pre-filled filings.…
The Twitter Age of the Presidency
New research looks at the content and frequency of presidential candidates’ Twitter activity in 2016. By Seth Masket…
The FBI Is Investigating the Trump Campaign’s Link to Russia
Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey confirmed on Monday that his bureau is investigating whether President Donald…
The Future of Corporate Political Spending
If Trump’s Supreme Court nomination is confirmed, we will likely continue to see a loosening of regulations on…
Trump Administration Files an Appeal to Travel Ban Ruling in Maryland
The Trump administration signaled it will challenge a federal ruling delivered in Maryland on Wednesday that temporarily blocked…
Fired U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara Said to Have Been Investigating HHS Secretary Tom Price
Sources say Bharara was overseeing an investigation into stock trades made by the president’s secretary of health and…
Why Closing the Foreign Policy Gender Gap Matters
United States foreign policy and national security circles still remain overwhelmingly white and male. By Saskia Brechenmacher (Photo:…
Senate Intelligence Committee Finds No Evidence for Surveillance of Trump Tower
The chairmen of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence issued a joint statement today on President Donald Trump’s…
Trump’s Skinny Budget Spells Bad News for Low-Income Americans
A deep cut to the Department of Agriculture would be especially detrimental for the rural poor. By Dwyer…