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The legacy of January 6

Timothy J. Heaphy is a former U.S. attorney who served as chief investigative counsel for the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol. Heaphy discusses the investigation and the legacy of the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol with Miller Center Director and CEO, William Antholis.

William Antholis

Twenty Years After U.S. Invaded Iraq, Congress Wants Its War Powers Back

“You have to wonder what purpose is served by repealing the 2002 AUMF in isolation,” said Saikrishna Prakash, a law professor at the University of Virginia and expert on presidential powers. “By the time you get to Vietnam and beyond, the executive branch believes that it has constitutional authority to use massive amounts of military force without going to Congress,” he said.

Saikrishna Prakash

Ninth anniversary of the Russian annexation of Crimea

“The idea that Ukraine could take back Crimea was completely unbelievable years ago, and the world has effectively written it off. But this is no longer the case. President Zelensky today speaks of the return of Crimea as one of his priorities. Even the Biden administration has at least confirmed this possibility, saying it wants Crimea to eventually return to Ukraine. But this issue is probably not on the agenda right now for several reasons."

Todd Sechser

Guian A. McKee's "Hospital City, Health Care Nation"

Guian A. McKee is Associate Professor of Presidential Studies, Miller Center of Public Affairs, University of Virginia, and author of "The Problem of Jobs: Liberalism, Race, and Deindustrialization in Philadelphia." He applied the "Page 99 Test" to his new book, "Hospital City, Health Care Nation: Race, Capital, and the Costs of American Health Care."

Guian McKee

Lawless' book wins Goldsmith Book Prize

Senior Fellow Jennifer Lawless' recent book, "News Hole: The Demise of Local Journalism and Political Engagement," has been awarded the Harvard Shorenstein Center's 2023 Goldsmith Prize for Best Academic Book.

Jennifer Lawless

U.S. wants TikTok’s Chinese owner ByteDance to divest over security. Is it too late?

TikTok is once again facing calls to divest itself from its Chinese-based parent company over national security concerns that are prompting more Western government bans of the popular video-sharing app. But experts say forcing ByteDance into a sale of its most prized asset will likely take years, face legal challenges, and may come too late for an app that is already used by over a billion people worldwide each month and is a key resource for young people and advertisers. “I don’t think that any of this will happen quickly in the event that it does occur,” said Aynne Kokas, an associate professor of media studies at the University of Virginia and the author of Trafficking Data: How China is Winning the Battle for Digital Sovereignty.

Aynne Kokas