Campaigns & Elections

Pete Buttigieg, Democratic presidential candidate and former South Bend, Indiana mayor greets a supporter as he drops by a polling location on primary day in Nashua, New Hampshire, U.S., February 11, 2020. REUTERS/Eric Thayer

Democracy in America 2020: A French perspective on the battle for the Democratic nomination

Tuesday, February 11, 2020

Democratic 2020 U.S. presidential candidates entrepreneur Andrew Yang, former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg, Senator Elizabeth Warren, former Vice President Joe Biden, Senator Bernie Sanders, Senator Amy Klobuchar and billionaire activist Tom Steyer look on as audience members stand in support of Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman after a request from former Vice President Biden during the eighth Democratic 2020 presidential debate at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, New Hampshire, U.S., February 7, 2020. REUTERS/Brian Snyder

The Democratic race for the nomination: The women are “just right”

Saturday, February 8, 2020

U.S. President Donald Trump points to the media as he walks with Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta before their meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on February 6, 2020. Photo by Yuri Gripas/ABACAPRESS.COM

Africa in the news: Updates on US-Africa relations, elections in Malawi and Guinea-Bissau, and return of stolen funds to Nigeria

Christina Golubski and Anna Schaeffer

Saturday, February 8, 2020

Supporters of Democratic 2020 U.S. presidential candidate and U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) look at their mobile phones before she speaks at her Iowa Caucus rally in Des Moines, Iowa, U.S., February 3, 2020. Picture taken February 3, 2020. REUTERS/Brian Snyder

Technology, tribalism, and truth

Friday, February 7, 2020

A woman leaves a voting station in a polling place at the Canterbury Town Hall polling station in Canterbury, New Hampshire February 9, 2016. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton - D1BESMAVHBAB

24 hours in New Hampshire

Elaine Kamarck and Chris McKenna

Friday, February 7, 2020

U.S. President Donald Trump is greeted by members of Congress as he arrives to deliver his State of the Union address to a joint session of the U.S. Congress in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S. February 4, 2020. REUTERS/Leah Millis/POOL

The 2020 presidential candidates need to stop using Black Americans as symbols, and deliver substance

Thursday, February 6, 2020

U.S. President Donald Trump delivers his State of the Union address to a joint session of the U.S. Congress in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S. February 4, 2020. REUTERS/Leah Millis/POOL

Is Trump’s State of the Union a roadmap for 2020?

John Hudak and Adrianna Pita

Wednesday, February 5, 2020

U.S. President Donald Trump delivers the State of the Union address to a joint session of the U.S. Congress in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., February 4, 2020. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

State of the Union: A preview of Trump’s reelection strategy

William A. Galston

Wednesday, February 5, 2020

Precinct 38 caucus, in Des Moines, Iowa, Monday, Feb. 3, 2020. Democrats and Republicans caucus on the same day in the state.Iowa Caucuses Underway

The tragedy of the Iowa Caucus

Tuesday, February 4, 2020

A desert locust is seen on the farmer's hand in a grazing land on the outskirt of Dusamareb in Galmudug region, Somalia December 22, 2019. REUTERS/Feisal Omar

Africa in the news: Nagy visits Africa, locust outbreak threatens East Africa, and Burundi update

Payce Madden and Anna Schaeffer

Saturday, February 1, 2020