U.S. Politics & Government

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Movement on transparency at the Development Finance Corporation

George Ingram and Sally Paxton

Wednesday, December 2, 2020

A general view of the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., on December 1, 2020, amid the coronavirus pandemic. As Congress returns from Thanksgiving recess for the lame duck session, the 7-day average for confirmed COVID-19 cases in America is holding above 150,000. (Graeme Sloan/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

America needs a COVID-19 Commission

Tuesday, December 1, 2020

The Arleigh Burke class guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald is shown on patrol in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility in support of security and stability in the Pacific Ocean in this September 8, 2014 handout photo. Courtesy of U.S. Navy/Mass Communication Specialist Seaman David Flewellyn/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY.

Reviving nuclear arms control under Biden

Tuesday, December 1, 2020

REUTERS/Mark Makela - Voting machine operator Robin Coffee-Ruff hands a sticker to a voter who cast his ballot.

How Black Americans saved Biden and American democracy

Tuesday, November 24, 2020

Democratic 2020 U.S. presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at an event at the Mississippi Valley Fairgrounds in Davenport, Iowa, U.S. June 11, 2019. REUTERS/Jordan Gale - RC1AFE17D7B0

Hold your fire, dueling Democrats

William A. Galston

Monday, November 23, 2020

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Where Midwesterners struggle, Trumpism lives on

Monday, November 23, 2020

Blue Hill, USA - June 9, 2017: American flag on city main street in Maine during rainy cloudy weather with directions

President-elect Biden: Want to reduce polarization? Modernize federal rural policy

Anthony F. Pipa and Natalie Geismar

Thursday, November 19, 2020

United States Senator Joe Manchin III (Democrat of West Virginia) leaves a closed door briefing on election security in the Senate SCIF of the United States Capitol in Washington D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, March 10, 2020. Photo by Stefani Reynolds/CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

Who will hold the most power in the next Senate?

Robert E. Litan

Monday, November 16, 2020

A 'vote here' sign is seen outside a voting station on the day of the 2020 U.S. presidential election in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., November 3, 2020. REUTERS/Hannah McKay TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

A rising blue tide lifts the nation

Morley Winograd and Michael Hais

Monday, November 16, 2020

U.S. President Donald Trump rallies with supporters at a campaign event in Montoursville, Pennsylvania, U.S. October 31, 2020. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

Are re-elections reruns?

Monday, November 16, 2020