I think if you want to understand what's happening in Congress now, the book to read is Francis Lee's Insecure Majorities. Uh it was written about 10 years ago. Francis Lee is a political scientist at Princeton. Is a wonderful book about the dynamics that explain what's happening in Congress.
Answering The Ezra Klein Show's closing question, three books to recommend, in “Has Trump Achieved a Lot Less Than It Seems?” (https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-yuval-levin.html). Quoted from the episode's YouTube auto-captions.
Second, I would recommend uh Lindseay Travinsk's book uh Making the Presidency, which is a work of history. Travinsky is a historian. It's a book about John Adams and the way in which he thought about the institution of the presidency in the wake of Washington. Really fascinating and also has a lot to offer us in understanding the contemporary moment.
Answering The Ezra Klein Show's closing question, three books to recommend, in “Has Trump Achieved a Lot Less Than It Seems?” (https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-yuval-levin.html). Quoted from the episode's YouTube auto-captions.
It's called It's called The Last Branch Standing, published by the legal journalist Sarah Isker. Um I think it'll be out in April. And if you want a book that explains the Roberts Court from the inside, it helps you understand how that court operates and thinks, uh I haven't seen a better one.
Answering The Ezra Klein Show's closing question, three books to recommend, in “Has Trump Achieved a Lot Less Than It Seems?” (https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-yuval-levin.html). Quoted from the episode's YouTube auto-captions.
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