U.S. Politics & Government

People take part in a protest against police brutality and in support of Black Lives Matter.

Understanding when Black Lives Matter protests occur

Fred Dews and Vanessa Williamson

Friday, June 8, 2018

U.S. President Donald Trump displays an executive order after announcing big cuts to Utah's sprawling wilderness national monuments, at the Utah State Capitol in Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S., December 4, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque - HP1EDC41JH3C7

Trump delivers a blow to federal employees

Darrell M. West

Thursday, May 31, 2018

House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) (C) attends a news conference with Republican leaders on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., January 18, 2018. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas - RC1C28E20430

Explaining House Republicans’ fight over immigration

Sarah A. Binder

Wednesday, May 23, 2018

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan and Kevin McCarthy.

Will Congress pass Trump’s $15 billion spending cuts?

Molly E. Reynolds

Wednesday, May 9, 2018

A man votes as District of Columbia voters head to the polls in the final 2016 U.S. Democratic primary in Washington, DC.

Should US political parties interfere in primaries?

Monday, May 7, 2018

Marijuana is seen for sale at Harborside, one of California's largest and oldest dispensaries of medical marijuana, on the first day of legalized recreational marijuana sales in Oakland, California, U.S., January 1, 2018. REUTERS/Elijah Nouvelage - RC14812827E0

In a new documentary short, Brookings looks at the human side of medical cannabis policy

John Hudak and George Burroughs

Thursday, April 19, 2018

Michael Cohen, personal attorney for U.S. President Donald Trump, talks to reporters as he departs after meeting with Senate Intelligence Committee staff.

What the FBI raid on Michael Cohen means for Trump

Wednesday, April 11, 2018

U.S. President Donald Trump talks with a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Border Patrol Agent while participating in a tour of U.S.-Mexico border wall prototypes near the Otay Mesa Port of Entry in San Diego, California. U.S., March 13, 2018. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque - HP1EE3D1KSH5O

What’s wrong with Trump’s plan to send troops to the border

Thursday, April 5, 2018

U.S. President Donald Trump talks with a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Border Patrol Agent while participating in a tour of U.S.-Mexico border wall prototypes near the Otay Mesa Port of Entry in San Diego, California. U.S., March 13, 2018. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque - HP1EE3D1KSH5O

Rebuffed by Congress, Trump resorts to old ideas on the border

Wednesday, April 4, 2018

U.S. President Donald Trump, flanked by Lockheed Martin CEO Marillyn Hewson, ?Vice President Mike Pence?, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, delivers remarks before signing a memorandum on intellectual property tariffs on high-tech goods from China, at the White House in Washington, U.S. March 22, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - RC1C7F5614B0

Can the US actually win a trade war?

Thursday, March 22, 2018