Congressional Oversight

Expert Explainer on the new House of Representatives' Rules Package and what it means for investigations and oversight.

"While there are still important gaps in the oversight regime, this legislative enactment represents the most significant transparency reform for international agreements in a…

A conversation with Andy Wright about how the new balance of power will affect everything from investigations and oversight to key legislation and committee placements.

New York Times national security correspondent Charlie Savage reported that the Biden administration has issued a still-classified policy on some types of counterterrorism operations,…

With the threat of terrorism receding, the Biden administration should seize the moment and illuminate a path back to peace.

Biden's classified policy memorandum on counterterrorism drone strikes is just one more stepping stone in the long path of the forever war.

Biden's new counterterrorism framework is consistent with policy efforts to dial back the war on terror.

Twenty years after DHS was cobbled together in the wake of 9/11, it’s time to seriously examine which of its programs really protect us.

President Biden may be tempted to let the inspector general community police their own, but that might tacitly approve inferior performance.

Congress and the Biden administration should support inclusion of a reauthorization requirement in any new authorization for use of military force.

"Neglecting past cases would be a grave mistake that could damage the credibility of an otherwise promising process."

"Extraordinary deployments of executive power, however appropriate they may seem, must be subject to close oversight. And if an informed Congress concludes that sanctions are working…