FHA Watch, a new monthly online publication, will focus on the government’s 100 percent taxpayer-backed Federal Housing Administration (FHA) mortgage guarantee program and the risks it poses for taxpayers, families, and communities. 

Past presidents who sought reelection and won (Eisenhower, Nixon, Reagan, Clinton, and G.W. Bush) gave upbeat, forward-looking State of the Union addresses in their election years and had generally solid ratings.

AEI's latest report details America's initial impressions of the new Congress, health care, international trade, Obama's presidency, the First Lady, John Boehner, and more.

This issue of Political Report covers approval ratings of President Barack Obama's first year in office; changes in party and ideological identification over the past year and decade; polls on the condition of the national economy, abortion, and the upcoming British elections; and more.

Since before the revolution, America has considered itself exceptional.

Under current law, the U.S. Department of Defense automatically faces significant spending cuts over the next 10 years—cuts that america's civilian and military leaders have cadidly described as "devastating" and "very high risk."

Barack Obama’s presidency has had profoundly negative consequences for our national security. From debilitating cuts in defense budgets, to gutting national missile defense efforts, to his unwillingness to acknowledge a continuing war against terrorism, to his inability to stem the nuclear proliferation threats posed by North Korea and Iran....the picture is bleak.

Education leadership has been a scene of great tumult in the recent past, and little has been done thus far to draw new people in or cultivate new skills in school leaders.