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Congress Stock Trading Ban: Current Rules and 2027 Proposals

Rising Gas Prices: Taxes, Transportation, and Oil

Who Was Adam Smith? The Invisible Hand Explained

Will Congress Expand Medicare Home Care Coverage?

The Bill of Rights Explained: From Federal Limits to State Protections

2026 Midterm Elections: Who Will Control Congress?

How Does National Service Work — And Who Has to Do It?

How Does Single-Payer Health Care Work?

Medicare For All Explained: Coverage, Costs, and Trade-Offs

What is the Federal Budget Deficit and Why Is It So Hard to Reduce?

Who is an American?

Right to Try: Should Patients Have the Final Say on Experimental Drugs?

George Washington's Farewell Address and Political Parties, Explained

What Is Federalism? The Founders' Vision and How It Functions in America Today

Why Does Healthcare Vary By State?

What is the Hidden Environmental Cost of Artificial Intelligence?

The Difference Between Facts and Opinions

Is America a Democracy or a Republic?

Why Are TSA Lines So Long Right Now?

Can Anyone Actually Predict the 2026 Midterms?

The Supreme Court's Voting Rights Ruling Explained

What the VA Health System Shows About Single-Payer Healthcare

Who Controls Tariffs: Congress or the President?

U.S. Strikes on Iran: What You Need To Know About Operation Epic Fury

Health Care for The Undocumented

The Epstein Files

Pharmacy Benefit Managers and the Fight Over Drug Prices

Congressional Lawmaking

Protest In America: Your Rights and Their Limits

Lowering Prescription Drug Prices

What's Driving Higher Prescription Drug Prices?

U.S. Capture of Venezuelan President Maduro

Polarization: Trends over Time

The Debate over Health Care Subsidies

Federalizing the National Guard

Regulating Carbon Dioxide

How Do Discharge Petitions Come Into Play?

What Are The ACA Subsidies?

Mid-Cycle Gerrymandering

Term Limits and Legislative Productivity

Trends In Urban Crime

Government Shutdown: What Members of Congress Are Saying

Government Shutdowns: What, How, Why

Sanctuary Cities

Below The Topline: Policy Changes in the 2025 Budget Reconciliation Bill

Polarization: How Members of Congress Talk About Each Other

Nonpartisan Gerrymandering

Would Term Limits Impact Congressional Careers?

International Students and U.S. Education

Why Are There So Few Moderates in Congress?

Why Two Political Parties?

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How Many Americans Are In Information Silos And Why Does It Matter?

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The Nation's Education Report Card

What the 2025 Reconciliation Bill Means

The SAVE Act

Medicaid Work Requirements

What Are The Limits On Presidential Executive Orders?

Can Presidents Refuse To Spend Funds Appropriated By Congress?

Do Non-Citizens Have Social Security Numbers?

AI and Energy Use

Senior Long-Term Care

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USAID and Staff Reductions in the Federal Government

Deficit Reduction: The Problem Solvers Caucus

Deficit Reduction: Democrats

Sovereign Wealth Funds

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Deficit Reduction Proposals: Republican Ideas

Deficit Reduction Proposals: Introduction

Migration and Crime: A Closer Look at Car Thefts

Why Is Housing So Expensive — And What Can Actually Fix It?

Why is Healthcare So Expensive?

Where Are New Jobs Coming From?

Immigration and Crime in the U.S.

Ballot Harvesting

Diversity and Air Traffic Control

Where Do Migrants Live?

Medicaid Cost and Efficiency

Purging Voter Rolls

When Will We Know Who Won the 2024 Election?

Hurricanes and Climate Change

Interpreting Political Polls

The Impact of Criminalizing Unauthorized Migration

Migration to the United States

Abortions: When, How Many, and Method

The Impact of Increasing National Debt

Border Security: Are new policies working?

EV Infrastructure: How Many Charging Stations Are Needed To Satisfy Government Requirements?

Police Misconduct

Crime Rates

Inflation: What You Need To Know

Section 230: What You Need To Know

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October 15, 2026

Congress Stock Trading Ban: Current Rules and 2027 Proposals

This policy brief is the second in a series investigating potential legislative initiatives in the 120th Congress, which will take office in January 2027. It focuses on proposals to end stock trading by elected officials.

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October 8, 2026

Rising Gas Prices: Taxes, Transportation, and Oil

Over the last several months, the price Americans pay for gasoline and other fuels has increased significantly. In this brief, we describe these price changes as a first step in understanding their causes and consequences. We also pose questions that we will address in future briefs on this subject.

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October 1, 2026

2026 Midterm Elections: Who Will Control Congress?

In November 2026, the U.S. will hold midterm congressional elections. Potential outcomes range from a continued Republican unified government (control of the Presidency, House, and Senate) to a divided government in which President Trump faces Democratic majorities in the House and/or Senate. This brief considers how predictions have changed since our last update in April 2026.

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Congress Stock Trading Ban: Current Rules and 2027 Proposals

Rising Gas Prices: Taxes, Transportation, and Oil

2026 Midterm Elections: Who Will Control Congress?

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