A Brief History of the U.S. Debt Ceiling

A Brief History of the U.S. Debt Ceiling

The United States Treasury Department announced on January 19 that the government has reached its limit for the amount of money it is authorized to borrow. According to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, extraordinary measures are being taken to ensure solvability and...
The Growing Moral Context of the Impeachment Trial

The Growing Moral Context of the Impeachment Trial

The U.S. Senate will begin a second impeachment trial of former president Donald Trump in a few weeks. Discussion of that trial, its constitutionality and its political implications are well underway and will continue, reflecting the now familiar partisan perspectives...

Religious Freedom Panel Prepares to Close

WASHINGTON (RNS) A federal watchdog panel that monitors religious freedom around the world is preparing to shut down next Friday (Dec. 16) unless Congress passes a last-minute measure to save it. The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has...