The latest products from the Congressional Research Service include these items.
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA): Background and Policy Options for the 113th Congress, March 8, 2013
What’s the Difference? — Comparing U.S. and Chinese Trade Data, February 25, 2013
Afghanistan: Post-Taliban Governance, Security, and U.S. Policy, March 8, 2013
Hugo Chavez’s Death: Implications for Venezuela and U.S. Relations, March 8, 2013
“Sense of” Resolutions and Provisions, March 11, 2013
U.S. Immigration Policy: Chart Book of Key Trends, March 7, 2013
With summer 2025 in the rearview mirror, we’re taking a look back to see how federal actions impacted heat preparedness and response on the ground, what’s still changing, and what the road ahead looks like for heat resilience.
Satellite imagery of RAF Lakenheath reveals new construction of a security perimeter around ten protective aircraft shelters in the designated nuclear area, the latest measure in a series of upgrades as the base prepares for the ability to store U.S. nuclear weapons.
It will take consistent leadership and action to navigate the complex dangers in the region and to avoid what many analysts considered to be an increasingly possible outcome, a nuclear conflict in East Asia.
Getting into a shutdown is the easy part, getting out is much harder. Both sides will be looking to pin responsibility on each other, and the court of public opinion will have a major role to play as to who has the most leverage for getting us out.