Proof Over Promise: The VA’s Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program has achieved some genuine good, but its scope remains limited. Pictured here, Shepherd’s Men, who raise funds and awareness for treatment options and suicide prevention for veterans, march in September, 2020, in Chattanooga, Tenn.

The VA’s Anti-Suicide Grant Program That Needs Fixing

by Russell Lemle March 24, 2026March 23, 2026

Congress ought to reform this worthy effort that helps groups helping veterans. Better evaluation and data is the best place to start.

NATO withdrawal? President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in the Oval Office of the White House in July.

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Democrats Should Tell Our NATO Allies Trump Can’t Quit Them

by Bill Scher March 20, 2026March 20, 2026

Any attempt by the president to unilaterally withdraw from the NATO treaty violates U.S. law.

Where is the American Women’s History Museum? A long-delayed plan to build the American Women’s History Museum remains stuck in Congress. Here, Martha Washington in 1796.

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Let’s Get the American Women’s History Museum Back on Track

by Lindsay M. Chervinsky March 18, 2026March 17, 2026

One thing it can do is chronicle how women, from ordinary citizens to Martha Washington, preserved their communities’ past.

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The Ephemeral Presidency

by Bill Scher January 19, 2026February 3, 2026

Except for the damage, nothing Trump is doing will last.

Senator Angus King, I-Maine, pictured here, joined seven Democratic senators in voting to end the shutdown—just as Trump admitted it was hurting Republicans.

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The Democratic Shutdown Capitulation: A Perfect and Unnecessary Failure

by Bill Scher November 10, 2025November 10, 2025

Once again, an opposition party instigated a shutdown but failed to win a big-time White House concession. It didn’t have to be this way.

A sign at the entrance to the National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden saying that it is closed due to the government shutdown.

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Democrats Have Every Reason to Dig in Their Heels

by Bill Scher October 29, 2025October 28, 2025

For once, the opposition party has the upper hand in a shutdown showdown. The new statement from the American Federation of Government Employees doesn’t change that.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer hold a press conference on the government shutdown in the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., on Thursday October 16, 2025.

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Democrats Are Winning the Survey Question That Matters

by Bill Scher October 17, 2025October 17, 2025

Despite the political risk of holding up funds for government operations, the congressional generic ballot test is still leaning in the Democratic Party’s favor.