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How Congress Lost Power Over Trade Deals – and Why Some Lawmakers Want It Back

Some in Congress want to wrest control of trade policy back from the president. It might surprise you to learn that lawmakers ever had it. Until the 1930s, it was Congress that set the terms of U.S. trade negotiations with other countrie...

Joburg Post·almost 5 years ago

Why Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan puts the White House in delicate straits of diplomacy with China

The controversy over Pelosi’s visit stems from the “one China” policy – the diplomatic stance under which the U.S. recognizes China and acknowledges Beijing’s position that Taiwan is part of China

Meredith Oyen- Associate Professor of History and Asian studies,University of Maryland·over 1 year ago

Targeting Trump for prosecution - 4 essential reads on how the Jan. 6 investigation laid the groundwork for the special counsel

With the news on July 18, 2023, that Special Counsel Jack Smith had informed former President Donald Trump that he was a target of the federal investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election and the related Jan. 6, ...

Naomi Schalit Democracy Editor, The Conversation US·9 months ago

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