In this episode of Democracy in Question, host Katie Dunn Tenpas asks Lindsay Chervinsky, executive director of the George Washington Presidential Library, about the origin of this phrase and why it s...

In this episode of Democracy In Question, host Katie Dunn Tenpas discusses the history, legacy, and meaning of the "self-evident truths" from the Declaration of Independence with senior fellow Vanessa...

This analysis examines Trump’s second-term staffing record, focusing on turnover, executive appointments, and governance implications.

A large share of the departures so far this term were on the National Security Council staff.

Kathryn Dunn Tenpas takes a look at where the Trump administration stands with staffing of the executive branch at the 300-day mark.

En bloc voting will not significantly speed up the overall process, but can have an impact at the final stage, the floor vote.

Democracy is upheld not by one president or the powerful few, but by democratic actors at every level—individual, local, state, and national. In this episode, host Katie Dunn Tenpas and Jonathan Katz,...

Scholar Katie Dunn Tenpas tracks the pace and diversity of appointments in the first 100 days of Trump's second administration.