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Eight Republican members of Congress are pushing legislation to remove the U.S. from the United Nations. Is that even possible? Has it ever happened before?
You may be surprised at which states are feeding the most at the government trough.
By Dave Roos
A new U.S. president is under pressure to produce in those first 100 days in office. Why is that and does it really matter?
By Dave Roos
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Born Melanija Knavs in Yugoslavia, the former model is only the second foreign-born first lady of the United States.
Donald Trump proposed stripping flag burners of citizenship. Regardless of the fact that flag-burning is legal, whether the United States can even do that is tricky.
The intelligence community has been keeping the U.S. president up to date on world events since 1946 with the President's Daily Brief. Why would a president skip it?
By John Donovan
The powers wielded by the U.S. president have waxed and waned over the years.
By Oisin Curran
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The law actually says 'yes', but precedent says 'no.' Here's why.
By Dave Roos
Democracy requires citizen participation. But sometimes emailing and signing petitions can feel like shouting into a black hole. What's your best strategy to be heard?
Donald Trump may be the most prominent Trump, but he's not the only one. His polarizing candidacy is affecting ordinary people who share the surname.
A new study says you may get different treatment options depending on your doctors' political beliefs? What's a patient to do?
By Dave Roos
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Think that a debate is intense? When tempers rise, elected officials can land more than metaphorical blows, as these examples from the past year alone show.
By Chris Opfer
A low-level cabinet member becomes U.S. president when everyone else is killed during a State of the Union address. It's the plot of a new TV show - and based in reality.
By Dave Roos
Think you have an original idea for a Constitutional amendment? Are you sure it hasn't been brought up one of the other 11,000 times?
If the millennial generation is behind some of the most innovative developments in tech and business, why not hand these young citizens the keys to the country, too?
By Chris Opfer
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What started as a hashtag has gone global. Is the group's loose, ever-evolving structure a benefit or a drawback - or both?
By Chris Opfer
How did the idea of "don't kill the messenger" turn into a modern international standard?
Cell phone video has inspired millions of people to rally against issues of police brutality. It's a powerful tool for exposing injustices. And it's not going anywhere.
By Dave Roos
After all, every president who could have lived there has, but is it mandatory?
By John Donovan
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Why does health care cost so much in the U.S.? And why, for all that money, isn't the population any healthier? These are just some of the big questions in the debate over health care costs.
We often think of the civil rights movement as just part of the 1960s. On Martin Luther King Day, we explore some civil rights issues going on in the U.S. today.
By Alia Hoyt
Ever felt a pang of guilt on, say, Election Day when you skipped the voting booth to go to dinner? The 'bread and circuses' concept of being pacified by food and entertainment - and forgoing civic duty - goes back to Roman times.
Thousands of think tanks dot the globe, and if you think they don't affect you, you're wrong. The scholars at these high-brow thought factories have a much bigger agenda than merely sitting around looking contemplative.
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Thanks to the First Amendment, people in the U.S. can say whatever they want, wherever they want without fear of prosecution. Er ... not quite.
By Dave Roos
It's the U.S.'s primary public health insurance program, but who pays for it and who qualifies for coverage? Get the scoop on the ins and outs of Medicaid's rules and benefits.