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Washington, D.C. — With news of a June 12 summit in Singapore between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, the Center for American Progress is out with a guide to the promise and pitfalls of a meeting between these unpredictable leaders. Formal talks could eventually offer a path to denuclearization of...
Atlanta — On Friday, the Center for American Progress and Generation Progress will host a major women's convening, #WomenProgress: People, Power, and Policy. The event will explore the many barriers facing Southern women, particularly those of color, as well as the strategies and tactics being employed by lawmakers and community organizers in communities across the South. In Georgia, mothers are...
Washington, D.C. — Yesterday, Reps. Jeff Denham (R-CA), Will Hurd (R-TX), and Carlos Curbelo (R-FL) introduced a discharge petition that could force a vote in the House of Representatives on measures to protect Dreamers, including the United and Securing America Act and the Dream Act of 2017. Tom Jawetz, vice president of Immigration Policy at the Center for American...
Washington, D.C. — A new report released today by the Center for American Progress outlines a slate of progressive policies for state and local elected leaders to pursue in order to help people secure good jobs and good wages and to support strong and healthy communities in which all people are treated fairly and equitably....
Washington, D.C. — On Friday, President Donald Trump will deliver a speech on lowering the cost of prescription drugs. A new column by the Center for American Progress finds that, for all of the president's talk on this important issue, drug prices and the influence of the pharmaceutical industry are soaring under the Trump administration. Key findings from the brief include: Over the past 14...
Washington, D.C. — Today, the Center for American Progress and the American Enterprise Institute released the results of a unique collaboration focused on defending liberal democracy and the transatlantic partnership in an era of rising authoritarian populism. “Our scholars often disagree over many important policy questions,” said Vikram Singh, a senior fellow at the Center...
Washington, D.C. – Today, the House Judiciary Committee reported out of committee the FIRST STEP Act, H.R. 5682, introduced by Rep. Doug Collins (R-GA) and Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY). The bill aims to improve access to educational, vocational, and other Bureau of Federal Prisons (BOP) programs in an attempt to reduce an individual's likelihood of reoffending...
Washington, D.C. — Kelly Magsamen, vice president for National Security and International Policy at the Center for American Progress, issued the following statement after the confirmation hearing of Gina Haspel to lead the CIA: Gina Haspel’s testimony today only added to the grave concerns about her role in the torture of detainees and actions to...
Washington, D.C. — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced that it will close the Office of Students and Young Consumers and relocate its staff to the Office of Financial Education. Since the bureau’s inception in 2012, it has recovered more than $750 million in funds for students who were wronged by lenders and servicers. Additionally,...
Washington, D.C. — The U.S. Senate is poised this week to confirm six nominees for lifetime terms on the federal appeals courts. But the Senate majority has undermined decades of history and goodwill by moving forward on extremist judicial nominees who lack the support of their home-state senators. Michael Brennan will get a vote this week for a lifetime...
Washington, D.C. – After President Donald Trump took steps to withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal, Kelly Magsamen, vice president for National Security and International Policy at the Center for American Progress, issued the following statement: President Trump’s decision to pull out of the Iran nuclear deal is dangerous and could not come at a...
Washington, D.C. – At a time of deep divisions in Congress over nearly every issue, a flurry of bipartisan steps to boost international development marks one of the great unexpected political victories, according to a new column from the Center for American Progress. From the end of the Obama administration, and continuing into the Trump...
Léalo en español Washington, D.C. — Today, the Trump administration announced that it will terminate the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designations for nearly 57,000 Hondurans, with an 18-month delay, effective January 2020. Tom Jawetz, vice president of Immigration Policy at the Center for American Progress, issued the following statement in response: Continuing the trend of removing protections from people...
Washington, D.C. — For the past 15 years, the Center for American Progress has served as a creative engine for introducing bold solutions that advance progressive values on nearly every possible front. In the past year alone, CAP has defended the Affordable Care Act; helped drive opposition to President Donald Trump’s tax and infrastructure plans; and...
Washington, D.C. — Gun violence is a uniquely American epidemic, and it’s having a uniquely disproportionate impact on America’s youth. Today, the Center for American Progress and Generation Progress released a joint report detailing the intersectional crisis of youth gun violence in this country—particularly for youth of color. But young people are more than just...