The Current

The Current brings you smart, timely, and quick analysis from Brookings experts on breaking news and

Episodes

Total: 102

As families with children start receiving the first of their monthly checks from the American Rescue

The Trump Organization and its CFO, Allen Weisselberg, face felony charges for an alleged 15-year sc

The White House's goal for the Geneva meeting of Presidents Biden and Putin was not a reset, but to

Attempts to build the the Keystone XL pipeline from Canada's oil sands to the U.S. Gulf Coast have b

A broad coalition is coming together to form a new government in Israel, which means Benjamin Netany

When it comes to an investigation of the January 6, 2021 insurrection and assault on the U.S. Capito

Both Hamas and the Israeli government have dramatically escalated tensions that began as spontaneous

After jobs growth slowed in April, Stephanie Aaronson cautions that employment is going to be slow t

John Hudak examines President Biden's first 100 days and his joint address to Congress, and how thos

The sudden death of Chad’s President Idriss Déby after 30 years in power has created a governance va

Will the guilty verdict for Derek Chauvin's murder of George Floyd be just a single blip of accounta

Both Iran and the U.S. have incentive to continue negotiations in Vienna toward restoring the Joint

Although workers' efforts to form a union at the Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama ultimately fa

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's political and legal fate remains in question after a fou

This past week, leaders of the "Quad" - U.S., India, Japan, and Australia - met for the first time a

Lauren Bauer explains how unemployment insurance (UI) benefits - now extended to September via the A

As the American Rescue Plan makes its final way through Congress, Wendy Edelberg examines how the ke

Although a U.S. intelligence report conclusively found that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman o

President Biden's authorization of a U.S. retaliatory strike against Iranian-backed militias in Syri

On Thursday, the Biden administration announced its willingness to rejoin talks with Iran over the f