Court / Race + Rights - ongoing example wapo.st/4rZY77B

Presidential Power: Executive Orders wapo.st/4j1Kdhd

Presidential power v Congress (also relevant to the court who seem likely to decide)

Interesting on MAGA support and the midterms - possibly more useful for Y12 than Y13. wapo.st/44tphK5

House of Lords: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Oversight example: www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...

Discharge process - great example: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

US shutdown, as predicted on Friday, is nearing its end: Read these articles: www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c0... 2. Democrat Divisions www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... 3. Who are the 8 Democrats - look them up and think about the different reasons they may have for their vote thehill.com/homenews/sen...

Parliamentary Scrutiny - an example of scrutiny of ministers / departments (Home Office and Justice Department): www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

UK update - parties (Liberal Democrats) and Electoral Reform: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

UK update: Caerphilly by-election (good for Plaid Cymru, very bad for Labour, also disappointing for Reform): www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Final update: Election week. State / local elections are not in our syllabus, but midterms are and so worth looking at the state of play: Key points: the House could change hands, it'll be close. The Senate is unlikely to- most likely change is bigger GOP majority. www.270towin.com/2026-senate-...

US Shutdown latest: (NB despite the Democrats' victories on Tuesday there are signs of movement towards an agreement - as the consequences of carrying on for much longer could be too great to bear) www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Gerrymandering - the redrawing of congressional districts has received a lot of attention - especially with the California vote on Prop 50 this week. Here is some context (see image and two linked articles in subsequent posts)

Shutdown - ongoing - an explainer of the key issue between the parties (healthcare) - read to the end. (For Y13s studying Congress - not the recent comments of Marjorie Taylor Greene on this). wapo.st/4q2mcd0

Shutdown - latest / update: (NB some useful tabs above this piece on the AP site which outline - updates / what happens next / potential effects and shutdown history) apnews.com/article/trum...

Trump / Immigration / Federal Power over states / cities (2 of 2) www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Trump / Immigration / Federal Power v States / Cities (1 of 2) www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Presidential Power / Supreme Court www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

US Shutdown (3 of 3): How do US politics students use it: Keep following developments closely & consider how this relates to: - the effectiveness of checks and balances - the relative power and effectiveness of the branches - federalism (remember state legislatures are not shutdown) - parties

US Shutdown (2 of 3): What happens next? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

US Shutdown (1 of 3): Explainer www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Trump + Freedom of expression / Media Independence / Example of influence of a single Senator www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Presidential Power / Congress' Power to Declare War / US Foreign policy (from WaPo's 5 minute fix):

Constitutional expert on ECHR and Human Rights in British Constitution / Elective dictatorship: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Cabinet Reshuffle: www.ft.com/content/9cc3...

Summer 2025 - UK Update 9. Farage in the USA www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Summer 2025 - UK Update 7. New Leader of the Green Party www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Summer 2025 - UK Politics 6. Homelessness Minister quits (IMR) www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Summer 2025 - UK Update Asylum seekers housed in hotels - protests and court cases (Epping + others) www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Summer 2025 - UK Politics Update 5. Trump and Vance visit observer.co.uk/news/the-sen...

Summer 2025 - UK Politics Update A new party: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Summer 2025 - UK Politics update 3. Police to reveal suspect's ethnicity www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Summer 2025 - UK Update 2. Keir Starmer and possible recognition of a Palestinian State www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Summer 2025 - UK Update (1) The proscription of Palestine Action and protests against this (update in second post) www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Summer 2025 - US Update 8. Firing the Chair of the Federal Reserve www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Summer 2025 - US Update 7. Court challenges to Trump - thread - all tbc (a) Withhold foreign aid - temporary win www.npr.org/sections/goa...

Summer 2025 - US Update 6. Alaska Summit with Putin www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Summer 2025 - US Update 5. Trump sends the National Guard to Washington DC www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Summer 2025 - US Update 4. Trump's Tariffs www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Summer 2025- US Update 3. Epstein files - a more recent update www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

Summer 2025 US Update 2 - the Epstein files - an issue that ran for most of the summer (and is ongoing). Explainer here: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Summer 2025 updates - in chronological order - starting with the US: 1. Recissions - $9billion spending cut passed late July cutting funding to various organisations including international aid and public service broadcasting (that Trump sees as unfavourable) www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Congress - Executive - Legislative powers: wapo.st/4kqs4c9

UK Politics - PM power / Parliament news.sky.com/video/share-...

And an important British story - Backbenchers / PM power (Executive & Parliament); www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Another SCOTUS update: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Another important SCOTUS decision: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

President / Congress - constitution / checks and balances - foreign policy www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Today is Juneteenth - read about it here (note article is from 2021, and if you're interested in Opal Lee, the linked post is well worth a listen). www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-u...