U.S. Politics & Government

Flue gas and steam rise out of chimneys and smokestacks of an oil refinery during sunset on a frosty day in the Siberian city of Omsk, Russia, February 8, 2023. REUTERS/Alexey Malgavko

The impact of post-industrialization on societies, the rise of populism, and the distribution of power

Fiona Hill, Henry Alt-Haaker, and Pradnya Bivalkar

Think. Debate. Inspire.

Friday, April 28, 2023

A volunteer holds a placard during a news conference on the climate crisis and the Inflation Reduction Act at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., August 12, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

How much will the climate provisions in the IRA cost, and what will they achieve?

Neil R. Mehrotra and Sanjay Patnaik

Thursday, April 27, 2023

United States President-elect Jimmy Carter in the US Capitol in Washington, DC on November 23, 1976. Photo by Benjamin E. 'Gene' Forte / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

How will we remember Jimmy Carter’s presidential legacy?

William A. Galston and Adrianna Pita

Thursday, March 16, 2023

An on air sign illuminates a recording studio.

Audible reckoning: How top political podcasters spread unsubstantiated and false claims

Valerie Wirtschafter

Thursday, February 9, 2023

People walk past the U.S. Treasury building in Washington, U.S. January 19, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

The politics of the debt ceiling debate in Congress

Molly E. Reynolds and David Dollar

Monday, January 23, 2023

Boxes of ballots cast in the U.S. midterm elections sit in the Maricopa County Tabulation and Election Center in Phoenix, Arizona, U.S., November 9, 2022. REUTERS/Brian Snyder

The midterm election’s impact on foreign policy and economic issues

William A. Galston and David Dollar

Tuesday, November 15, 2022

The different ways that platforms can and do moderate extremist content

Daniel L. Byman and Alan Z. Rozenshtein

The Lawfare Podcast

Thursday, September 22, 2022

FILE PHOTO: Chairperson U.S. Representative Bennie Thompson (D-MS) speaks as members of the U.S. House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol listen before a vote to approve a report recommending the U.S. House of Representatives cite Jeffrey Clark for criminal contempt of Congress during a meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S. December 1, 2021. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo

What can we expect from the January 6 committee hearings?

Norman Eisen and Adrianna Pita

Thursday, June 9, 2022

Committee Chairman U.S. Representative Bennie Thompson (D-MS) leads the U.S. House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol as they meet to decide whether to recommend the U.S. House to cite Trump administration officials Peter Navarro and Dan Scavino for criminal contempt of Congress, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S. March 28, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

What’s new in the January 6 investigation?

Quinta Jurecic and Adrianna Pita

Thursday, March 31, 2022

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Brookings President John R. Allen on Russia, Ukraine, China, and leading the Institution forward

John R. Allen and Fred Dews

Friday, March 25, 2022