U.S. Politics & Government

Voting booths are seen at a polling site during the New York State Democratic primary in New York City, U.S., September 13, 2018. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid - RC1303206050

What’s happening to the Democratic Party?

Elaine Kamarck and Alexander R. Podkul

Friday, September 14, 2018

This aerial picture shows the Washington Monument standing on the National Mall and the White House at far left in Washington, U.S., June 8, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts - RC1C9C4C2D70

The decennial Census has big political and scientific problems, and not for the first time

Tuesday, September 11, 2018

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at campaign fundraising luncheon for Rep. Ted Budd (R-NC) and GOP congressional candidate Mark Harris at Carmel Country Club in Charlotte, NC, U.S., August 31, 2018. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas - RC177E185B70

How Donald Trump could tweet his way out of a 25th Amendment challenge

Friday, September 7, 2018

Fred Guttenberg (L), the father of Jaime Guttenberg, a victim of the February 14, 2018 mass shooting in Parkland, Florida, reaches out to try to shake hands with U.S. Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh during his U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., September 4, 2018. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC1873BE7E60

Confirmation hearing fireworks are likely to be the new normal

Sarah A. Binder

Wednesday, September 5, 2018

People stand outside the federal courthouse during the arraignment of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, New York, U.S. January 20, 2017. REUTERS/Joe Penney - RTSWIAR

Trump has reshaped the judiciary but not as much as you might think

Russell Wheeler

Monday, August 27, 2018

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at a Make America Great Again rally at the Civic Center in Charleston, West Virginia, U.S., August 21, 2018. Picture taken August 21, 2018. REUTERS/Leah Millis - RC112CAB1E90

Polling Spotlight: Low expectations for Trump could be helping him

William A. Galston

Friday, August 24, 2018

The White House is seen on election day in Washington

Removing a president from office might be less disruptive than you’d think

Wednesday, August 22, 2018

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters upon his departure from the White House in Washington, U.S., August 17, 2018. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque - RC1608940950

Trump is winning!

Friday, August 17, 2018

A customer walks past the front page of the Boston Globe newspaper referencing their editorial defense of press freedom and a rebuke of President Donald Trump for denouncing some media organizations as enemies of the American people, part of a nationwide editorial effort coordinated by the Boston Globe, at a newsstand in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., August 16, 2018. REUTERS/Brian Snyder - RC13AB4553F0

Trump’s war on ‘fake news’ could actually make the mainstream media stronger

Friday, August 17, 2018

U.S. President Donald Trump meets with supporters from a group called "Bikers for Trump" at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey, U.S., August 11, 2018. REUTERS/Carlos Barria - RC1F32820180

Is the Republican Party really Donald Trump’s party?

Elaine Kamarck and Alexander R. Podkul

Thursday, August 16, 2018