U.S. Politics & Government

People watch Democratic 2020 U.S. presidential candidate and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) speak during her campaign kick off event in New York, New York, U.S., March 24, 2019. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri - RC137D9D5970

WATCH: Brookings scholars address 21st-century policy issues ahead of 2020

Wednesday, June 12, 2019

Demonstrators gather outside the U.S. Supreme Courthouse in Washington, U.S., April 23, 2019. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton - RC172B1D73C0

Will new documents sway the Supreme Court on census citizenship question?

Monday, June 3, 2019

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) presides as Acting U.S. Attorney General Matthew Whitaker testifies before a House Judiciary Committee hearing on oversight of the Justice Department on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., February 8, 2019. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - RC196AA7E300

Congressional oversight in the Trump era

Molly E. Reynolds and Fred Dews

Friday, May 3, 2019

The White House is seen after Special Counsel Robert Mueller handed in his report to Attorney General William Barr on his investigation into Russia's role in the 2016 presidential election and any potential wrongdoing by U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington, U.S., March 22, 2019. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts - RC1F6046A900

After the Mueller report, will President Trump be impeached?

Margaret L. Taylor

Friday, April 19, 2019

A demonstrator protests with a sign showing a divided Red and Blue America in front of the Trump International Hotel during the "March for Our Lives" event demanding gun control after recent school shootings at a rally in Washington, U.S., March 24, 2018. REUTERS/Leah Millis - HP1EE3O1FJKIW

The roots of America’s divided politics

Camille Busette, Darrell M. West, and Adrianna Pita

Wednesday, April 3, 2019

U.S. Justice Department building in Washington, DC.

WATCH: Brookings experts on the Mueller report, Barr’s letter, and what’s next

Friday, March 29, 2019

Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean calls the first session of the 2008 Democratic National Convention to order in Denver, Colorado August 25, 2008. U.S. Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) is expected to accept the Democratic presidential nomination at the convention on August 28. REUTERS/Brian Snyder (UNITED STATES) US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN 2008 (USA) - GF2E48P1N2B01

Why did Democrats choose Milwaukee for 2020 DNC convention?

William H. Frey

Thursday, March 14, 2019

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) addresses the U.S. House of Representatives during the start of the 116th Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., January 3, 2019. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - RC1A13FFE820

Can Congress stop Trump’s national emergency declaration?

Molly E. Reynolds

Wednesday, February 27, 2019

Brookings hosts political leader Stacey Abrams in a conversation about race and political power in the United States with Jelani Cobb, Columbia University's Lipman professor of journalism Friday, Feb. 15, 2019 in Washington. (Sharon Farmer/sfphotoworks)

WATCH: Stacey Abrams on how to address voter suppression

Friday, February 15, 2019

Brookings hosts political leader Stacey Abrams in a conversation about race and political power in the United States with Jelani Cobb, Columbia University's Lipman professor of journalism Friday, Feb. 15, 2019 in Washington. (Sharon Farmer/sfphotoworks)

Stacey Abrams on how to overcome voter suppression

Stacey Abrams, Jelani Cobb, and Fred Dews

Friday, February 15, 2019