Issue Papers
Trump, A Convicted Felon, Is Ordering the Military into American Neighborhoods
With yet another unnecessary and wasteful escalation, Trump is desperate to distract from his administration’s ever-growing list of failures — disastrous tariffs raising prices on families, a sagging job market, outright corruption across his government, and endless political scandals. Read more »
How Trump’s Disastrous Tariffs Are Dragging Down the U.S. Economy
Despite campaign promises to improve the economy for everyday Americans, Trump’s start-and-stop tariffs have plunged the economy into chaos — driving up living costs for millions of families, risking thousands of U.S. jobs, and undercutting businesses of all sizes. Read more »
Donald Trump’s Flip-Flopping Has Failed Ukraine and Helped Putin
Donald Trump’s volatile approach to Ukraine has serious consequences for our allies in Kyiv – and allowed Putin to double down on the war. Here’s a closer look at how Donald Trump has failed Ukraine — and undercut U.S. leadership in the world — as Commander in Chief: Read more »
Why the United States Should Not Give Up on Ukraine
Continued U.S. support for Ukraine and increased economic pressure on Russia offer the clearest path to achieve a lasting peace, hold Putin accountable for his illegal invasion, and deter future wars of aggression that would cost America far more — in lives, resources, and global stability. Read more »
Caught in the Crossfire: Americans Unlawfully Detained by the Trump Administration
On the campaign trail, Donald Trump vowed to carry out the largest mass deportation operation in American history. To accomplish that goal, the Trump Administration has adopted aggressive and often legally dubious tactics that are spurring a backlash from voters. Read more »
Outstanding Questions on U.S. Involvement in Iran
What, if anything, did Trump’s decision to bomb Iran’s nuclear facilities accomplish? U.S. military strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities “did not destroy the core components of the country’s nuclear program and likely only set it back by months. Read more »
What We’ve Lost: The Consequences of Trump’s Decision to Pull out of the JCPOA
Trump argued that the deal failed to protect America’s national security interests, enabled the Iranian regime’s malign activities, and failed to prevent Iranian nuclear research and development. But in reality, Trump’s decision to pull out of the deal greatly exacerbated all of those challenges. Read more »
Donald Trump’s Longstanding Effort to Turn the U.S. Military into a Personal, Political Tool
Obsessed with the strongman rule of dictators like Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping, and Kim Jong-Un who often use the military as a political prop or a tool for domestic political enforcement, Donald Trump has long been fascinated with using the military for his own personal, political aims. Read more »
Outstanding Questions on Trump’s Deranged Deportation Flights
In addition to the obvious constitutional concerns, Donald Trump’s apparent obsession with shipping migrants to countries he deems unsuitable raises some other serious questions. Here are just a few of ours: Read more »
Five Things to Know about Qat-Air Force One
This story isn’t going away. Here are five things to keep in mind as Trump shamelessly continues his grift: Read more »
The American people elected Donald Trump because they believed he was a fighter and changemaker – not a chaos agent. But 100 days into his second administration, self-imposed errors are quickly coming to define the president. We would be wise to underscore this reality. Read more »
The More We Learn about SignalGate, the Worse It Gets
More than a week since The Atlantic exposed the Trump team’s use of an unsecured Signal chat to plan military strikes, the scandal keeps deepening. This isn’t just chaos – it’s a dangerous disregard for American national security. And unless there’s a full investigation and real accountability, it will only get worse. Here’s what we’ve learned so far: Read more »
Trump’s Funding Freeze Undermines Efforts to Combat Fentanyl Trafficking
Donald Trump implemented a series of costly tariffs on goods imported from Canada, Mexico, and China – purportedly meant to pressure those nations into stepping up their anti-drug efforts. But Trump’s blustering and expensive trade war actually undermines U.S. counternarcotics work with key countries. And his decision to pause most U.S. foreign aid has halted critical programs to counter fentanyl production and trafficking in Mexico, China, and India. Read more »
Trump and Putin: A Dangerous Duo
It’s no secret that Donald Trump has a strange and longstanding obsession with Russian leader Vladimir Putin. Ever since he first ran for president, Trump has lavished the Russian dictator with praise, and enacted policies that undermine U.S. interests while supporting Putin’s. Read more »
How Foreign Aid Benefits the American People and Bolsters National Security
Every year, across Republican and Democratic administrations, the United States distributes billions of dollars in foreign assistance to bolster American national security… Why do we do this, rather than investing that money at home? In short, because it is in our own self-interest. Read more »