
The Government's Confidence Slide May Be Less Than It Looks
Gallup's new numbers show a sharp drop in trust in Washington, but the partisan split and a stubborn 49-point power gap tell a more complicated story.

Gallup's new numbers show a sharp drop in trust in Washington, but the partisan split and a stubborn 49-point power gap tell a more complicated story.

BrightSpring, Clover and agilon all route federal reimbursement through different rails, and the numbers show how much each depends on Washington.

Winning a monopoly case is the easy half; the fight over what the court actually orders is where remedies live or die.

Each severe weather alert carries a precise meaning set by one agency. Knowing the difference between a watch and a warning can change what you do next.

The national debt is the running total of what the federal government owes its lenders. It is held by the government itself, private investors, and foreign countries.

The rules a department writes reach farther than any law Congress passes this year.

An executive order runs the executive branch. It cannot write law, spend money, or survive a court that says it exceeds the president's authority.

The field's most practical textbook came from a political scientist who insisted that the best of the feasible is the best you get.

Civic duties are what the law asks of you; constitutional guarantees are what the law owes you — and the two are not the same thing.