Congress

This collection brings together analysis of the legal and policy issues surrounding the 2026 U.S. midterm elections published on Just Security.

A timeline that chronicles major events in the Trump administration’s campaign of lethal strikes against suspected drug traffickers in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific.

The next administration should lean into enforcement as a strategy to advance fairness, justice, and the rule of law.

Just Security's Reinvention Blueprints series features expert proposals to rebuild U.S. government institutions so they serve the public and meet today's challenges.

DHS and ICE have failed to adhere to even the minimal transparency standards set by the Trump administration on AI use.

Hacking law assumes a human intended the break-in. AI agents are testing that assumption, and Congress may need to act.

To help curb government corruption, Congress should close the gaps in and expand the ban on contractor political spending.

President Trump is giving up influence with his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, while seriously underplaying his hand with Russia's Vladimir Putin.

What we learned from oral arguments in the most important climate liability case to reach the U.S. Supreme Court in more than a decade.

The United States lacks a strategy and coordinated agency efforts to adapt foreign and security policy to the rapid aging of the global population.

Trump's pledge to pay $5,000 to every adult U.S. citizen if Republicans retain control of Congress could violate federal criminal law.

The first-ever case brought before the Alien Terrorist Removal Court displayed the dangers the court poses to democratic rights.