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Two weeks (+1 day) to the election, and everyone wants to know what the new president is going to do – whoever he or she is. On Monday, the Middle East Institute hosts a noon discussion on “Middle East and Regional Transition, Terrorism and CVE: What the Next President Will Face,” and in the afternoon… Continue reading →

The third and final presidential debate takes place on Wednesday in Las Vegas. While there are no current plans to have an actual mud pit onstage, stranger things have already happened in this election season. Over the weekend, Donald Trump said the candidates should have to take drug tests at the debate. For those trying… Continue reading →

Happy Columbus Day! Congress remains on the road, but the Supreme Court is in full swing and the Bureaucracy – err, Executive Branch – never goes anywhere. Absent another hurricane, much of the week will be spent deconstructing Sunday’s Presidential Town Hall and previewing the third and final debate, scheduled for Wednesday, Oct. 19. We’re… Continue reading →

They struck a budget deal, voted to override a presidential veto, and then Congress skedaddled, leaving Washington until after the election. When they return, sometime after Nov. 8, they will have a few familiar items on their plate: reaching a budget deal (the current plan extends through Dec. 9), possibly amending that bill that they… Continue reading →

Fifty-six years after John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon squared off in the first televised presidential debate, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump will go head-to-head on Monday night at Hofstra University on Long Island in a debate that, according to some estimates, could draw as many as 100 million viewers. Congress failed to reach agreement… Continue reading →