U.S. Politics & Government

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

A man sits in the visitors gallery above the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives as a display board shows the final vote tallies of 232 Yea and 196 Nay on a resolution that outlines the next steps in the impeachment inquiry of U.S. President Donald Trump on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., October 31, 2019. REUTERS/Tom Brenner - RC1125BB6970

What’s next after the impeachment process vote?

Molly E. Reynolds and Adrianna Pita

Friday, November 1, 2019

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Sen. Rob Portman on the importance of a fair global trading system

Rob Portman and David Dollar

Monday, October 28, 2019

Twelve Democratic presidential candidates participate in the fourth U.S. Democratic presidential candidates 2020 election debate in Westerville, Ohio, U.S., October 15, 2019. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton - HP1EFAG066F9T

Policy 2020, your guide to the presidential election

David Wessel, Elaine Kamarck, and Stuart M. Butler

Friday, October 18, 2019

U.S. House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-CA) joins Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi to speak about Democratic legislative priorities and impeachment inquiry plans during her weekly news conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., October 2, 2019. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - RC198FE9B500

What are the politics of impeachment?

John Hudak and Adrianna Pita

Wednesday, October 2, 2019

U.S. President Donald Trump arrives to address the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York City, New York, U.S., September 24, 2019. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri - RC141603C720

Why is the Trump-Ukraine whistleblower complaint so important?

Margaret L. Taylor

Tuesday, September 24, 2019