News & Politics
Follow News & Politics in the Factlen app and get an alert when there is news. Get the app
Second Amendment
Supreme Court Receives First Volley of Briefs in Major AR-15 Ban Challenge
5 sources · 39d ago
Second Amendment
Delaware Supreme Court Reinstates 21-and-Older Firearm Purchasing Law
6 sources · 40d ago
Explainer
Why Earth's Curvature Compresses Cruise Missile Defense to Under Two Minutes
2 sources · 44d ago
More in News & Politics
ExplainerInternational Law
The Three-Part Test That Determines a State's Right to Secede Under International Law
Territorial Integrity Advocates 60%Remedial Secession Theorists 40%
ExplainerPolicy Metric
The $51 to $190 Shift: How the Social Cost of Carbon Translates Future Climate Damage into Current Regulatory Policy
Regulatory Economists 60%Free-Market Critics 40%
ExplainerData Privacy
How Commercial Data Brokers Sell Unwarranted Geolocation Data to US Law Enforcement
Civil Liberties Advocates 45%Federal Regulators 35%Legal Scholars 20%
Tariff ImpactEconomic Analysis
Federal Reserve Analysis Shows How Tariff Costs Are Now Being Passed Directly to Consumers
Retail Industry 40%Consumer Advocates 30%Economic & Trade Analysts 30%
Healthcare LaborStrike Resolution
Kenya's Nurses End Six-Week Strike After Signing Return-to-Work Agreement
Nurses' Union 40%County Governments 40%Allied Medical Professionals 20%
Federal GrantsPolicy Decision
Congress Delays OMB's 'Automatic Incorporation' Grant Rule Until December 11
Research and Nonprofit Sectors 40%Legislative Observers 40%Executive Branch Proponents 20%
Voter RegistrationCourt Injunction
Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks Ohio Law Requiring Documentary Proof of Citizenship for Voting
Voting Rights Advocates 50%State Election Officials 50%
ExplainerTaiwan Strait
The Statutory Collision Governing Taiwan: How the 1979 Act and the Three Communiqués Contradict Each Other
Strategic Pragmatists 40%Statutory Originalists 35%PRC Treaty Advocates 25%
Infrastructure UpgradeTraffic Impact
Portland's I-5 Southbound Closes for Five Weeks of Earthquake-Proofing and Resurfacing
Transportation Officials 40%Local Businesses 35%Commuters 25%
Veto ReferendumsLegal Strategy
How the State Constitutional Right to Referendum Just Blocked a Gerrymandered Congressional Map
Direct Democracy Advocates 60%State Election Officials 40%
Labor OrganizingPolicy Decision
New York City Launches First-in-Nation Office of Worker Power to Aid Private-Sector Organizing
Labor Advocates & City Administration 80%Free-Market Critics 20%
ExplainerWar Powers
The Statutory Clocks of the War Powers Resolution: 48 Hours to Report, 60 Days to Withdraw
Executive Authority Advocates 40%Congressional War Powers Advocates 40%Judicial Non-Interventionists 20%
ExplainerPolling Math
The Square Root of the Sum of Squares: Why Comparing Two Polls Requires a Larger Margin of Error
Statistical Methodologists 40%Data Journalists 35%Corporate Researchers 25%
9/11 Health RecordsPolicy Reversal
New York City Releases 170,000 Pages of Withheld 9/11 Air Quality Records
Transparency Advocates 40%First Responder Community 40%Accountability Watchdogs 20%
Federalism ClashPolicy Directive
Justice Department Threatens to Withhold State Welfare Funds Over Immigrant Reporting Mandate
Federal Enforcement Advocates 35%State Autonomy Defenders 35%Social Safety Net Advocates 30%
Election LawLegal Ruling
Supreme Courts Block Michigan Proof-of-Citizenship Ballot Measure
Ballot Measure Organizers 40%State Election Officials 35%Voting Rights Advocates 25%
Election IntegrityFederal Oversight
Justice Department Deploys Monitors to New Hampshire Primary Polling Sites
Federal Enforcement 35%State Administrators 35%Democratic Lawmakers 30%
Visa RegulationsPolicy Move
DHS Proposal to End H-1B 60-Day Grace Period Clears White House Review
Corporate Immigration Counsel 50%Immigrant Advisory Services 50%
ExplainerGolden Visas
How Residency-by-Investment Programs Dictate the Global Flow of Luxury Real Estate Capital
Immigration Compliance Regulators 35%Luxury Real Estate Industry 35%Domestic Housing Advocates 30%
Carbon MarketsLobbying Push
Industry and NGOs Coordinate Lobbying Effort to Weaken UN Carbon Credit Safeguards
Scientific Advocates and Regulators 35%Carbon Credit Developers and Corporate Buyers 35%Conservation NGOs 30%
ExplainerCivic Infrastructure
Why 'Hyperpolitics' Explains an Era of Maximum Outrage and Minimum Change
Civic Institutionalists 60%Media Theorists 40%
Consumer SentimentData Release
NY Fed Survey: Consumer Unemployment Expectations Hit Highest Level Since April 2020
American Households 40%Federal Reserve Policymakers 35%Macroeconomic Analysts 25%
ExplainerElectoral Fusion
The Disaggregated Ballot: Why Fusion Voting Converts Third-Party Spoilers Into Legislative Leverage
Centrist Reformers 40%Two-Party Institutionalists 35%Fringe-Party Critics 25%
Deep DiveTreaty Law
The Judicial Threshold That Determines a Treaty's Direct Effect in US Courts
Textualist Jurists 40%International Law Advocates 30%Legislative Supremacy Proponents 30%
ExplainerSurvey Methodology
How Choice-Based Conjoint Analysis Fixes Broken Municipal Surveys
Statistical Methodologists 50%Urban Planners 50%
Intelligence FailureAccountability Watch
New Investigation Alleges Netanyahu Ignored Direct Warnings from UAE and Shin Bet Weeks Before October 7
The Political Opposition 40%The Security Establishment 40%The Prime Minister's Office 20%
Cascadia Subduction ZoneInfrastructure Deficit
Oregon Coast Lacks Tsunami Evacuation Structures to Protect 40,000 from Cascadia Quake
State Emergency Management 40%Coastal Communities 40%Regional News Observers 20%
Water PolicyRegulatory Rollback
EPA and Army Corps Propose Rule Stripping Federal Protection from 94% of US Wetlands
Environmental Advocates 55%Industry and Property Owners 45%
Cattle IndustryPolicy Decision
Executive Orders Direct USDA to Review Mandatory Country-of-Origin Labeling for Beef
Independent Cattle Producers 45%Agricultural Trade Groups 35%Major Meat Processors 20%
Trump-Russia ProbeInvestigation Escalation
Justice Department Issues New Grand Jury Subpoenas in Trump-Russia Origins Probe
Former Intelligence Officials 40%Justice Department Prosecutors 35%Independent Press 25%
Nordic DefenseProcurement Deal
Sweden Finalizes $729 Million HIMARS Order, Plans Domestic Production of 500km-Range Missiles
Swedish Defense Command 40%Regional Security Analysts 35%Defense Manufacturing Sector 25%
EU Governance
The Tripartite Bottleneck: How the European Union's Ordinary Legislative Procedure Balances the Commission, Parliament, and Council
Supranational Integrationists 40%Intergovernmentalists 40%Transparency Advocates 20%
ExplainerImmigration Law
Applying the Eight US P-1A Visa Standards to International Esports Athletes
Franchise League Operators 40%Open-Circuit Competitors 30%Immigration Legal Counsel 30%
ExplainerCivil Procedure
How Rule 56 and the 'No Genuine Dispute' Standard End Civil Lawsuits Before Trial
Corporate Defense Counsel 40%Plaintiffs' Bar 40%Judicial Efficiency Advocates 20%
Labor DisputeStrike Watch
California's Largest State Union Authorizes Strike Vote for 100,000 Workers Over Contract Stalemate
State Workers' Union 50%State Administration 50%
Labor PolicyStakes Watch
Federal Agencies Move to Preempt State Labor Laws and Roll Back Union Precedents
Management & Employer Counsel 40%State Labor Advocates 35%Federal Policy Analysts 25%
Missouri RedistrictingLegal Battle
Supreme Court Rejects Missouri GOP Map Appeal, Plunging Midterms Into Chaos
Voting Rights Advocates 50%Republican State Officials 50%
ExplainerAlternative Cartography
How Marginalized Communities Are Redrawing the Atlas Through Counter-Mapping
Community Cartographers 40%Critical Geographers 35%State Authorities 25%
Mail-In VotingEmergency Ruling
Supreme Court Emergency Order Allows Trump Mail-In Voting Rules to Take Effect
State Election Officials 40%Trump Administration 35%Voting Rights Advocates 25%
ExplainerEconomic Metrics
Measuring the Tails: How the Palma Ratio's Top 10% Focus Compares to the Gini Coefficient and Theil Index
Development Economists 40%Policy Advocates 35%Statistical Purists 25%
Launch InfrastructureIndustry Shift
The Global Race for 1,000 Launches: How the US and China Are Scaling Space Infrastructure
Commercial Launch Providers 40%Airspace Regulators 30%Chinese Aerospace Sector 30%
ExplainerCircuit Split
The Circuit Split: The Mandatory Conflict That Drives US Supreme Court Review
Legal Uniformity Advocates 40%Judicial Percolation Proponents 40%Federalist Decentralization Supporters 20%
LIHTC ParadoxMarket Dynamics
The Affordable Housing Paradox: Why 60% AMI Units Sit Empty While the Poorest Cannot Find Homes
Affordable Housing Developers 41%Extremely Low-Income Renters 41%Free-Market Economists 18%
Airspace RegulationPolicy Decision
FAA Proposes Permanent Special Flight Rules Area Around Mar-a-Lago
Federal Security Agencies 40%Local Municipalities 30%Aviation Operators 30%
Trade Dispute Resolution
Bypassing the Appellate Body: How 53 WTO Members Use the MPIA to Settle Trade Disputes
Institutional Pragmatists 45%System Skeptics 30%Legal Reformers 25%
ExplainerShadow Docket
Supreme Court Faces Third Emergency Appeal on 2026 Mail-In Ballot Rules
Judicial Transparency Advocates 50%Executive Branch Advocates 30%Independent Analysts 20%
Explore more topics
Per page