U.S. Politics & Government

Democratic U.S. presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden addresses supporters at his Super Tuesday night rally in Los Angeles, California, U.S., March 3, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Blake

What drove Biden’s big wins on Super Tuesday?

John Hudak and Adrianna Pita

Wednesday, March 4, 2020

Leader of Italy's far-right party Matteo Salvini attends a news conference a day after the Senate voted to remove his legal protection, opening the way for a trial over accusations he illegally detained migrants at sea last year, in Rome, Italy, February 13, 2020. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane

The rise of populism in US and European politics

Célia Belin, Giovanna De Maio, and Fred Dews

Friday, February 14, 2020

Supporters of Democratic U.S. presidential candidate former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg watch election returns at his New Hampshire primary night rally in Nashua, New Hampshire, U.S., February 11, 2020. REUTERS/Brendan Mcdermid

After Iowa and New Hampshire, what’s next for the Democratic race?

Elaine Kamarck and Adrianna Pita

Thursday, February 13, 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 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

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is seen on a jumbotron outside ABC News studios speaking to the U.S. House of Representatives during the session to discuss rules ahead of a vote on two articles of impeachment against U.S. President Donald Trump, at Times Square in New York City, New York, U.S., December 18, 2019. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton - RC2UXD9M3GK1

The president has been impeached. Now what?

Molly E. Reynolds and Adrianna Pita

Thursday, December 19, 2019

Marine Le Pen, National Front (FN) political party leader, and Former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon attend a news conference, during the party's convention in Lille, France, March 10, 2018. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol - RC14728484E0

Highlights: Experts discuss the tensions between populist, nationalist, and democratic impulses

Tuesday, December 10, 2019

Deputy Assistant Attorney General Adam Hickey, Bill Priestap, assistant director of the FBI's Counterintelligence Division, and Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz are sworn in during a Judiciary Committee hearing into alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 election on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., July 26, 2017. REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein - RC14DA9ED4D0

Who are the Inspectors General and what do they do?

Bill Finan, Kathryn Newcomer, and Charles A. Johnson

Friday, December 6, 2019

U.S. President Donald Trump holds what appears to be a prepared statement and handwritten notes after watching testimony by U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland as he speaks to reporters prior to departing for travel to Austin, Texas from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, U.S., November 20, 2019. REUTERS/Erin Scott - RC26FD9ITUXN

What it means to impeach a president

Elaine Kamarck and Fred Dews

Friday, November 22, 2019

French flags are seen on the desks of Members of the Rassemblement National (RN) far-right party ahead of a debate at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, September 17, 2019. REUTERS/Vincent Kessler - RC134C0960B0

Highlights: Lessons from The Democracy Playbook on how to prevent and reverse democratic backsliding

Thursday, November 14, 2019