U.S. Politics & Government

Former U.S. President Ronald Reagan, who forged a conservative revolution that transformed American politics, died on June 5, 2004 after a decade-long battle with Alzheimer's disease, U.S. media reported. Reagan is pictured waving to well-wishers on the south lawn of the White House on April 25, 1986, before departing for a summit in Tokyo. REUTERS/Joe Marquette/FILE SV - RP5DRICWQKAA

Millennials, SuperAgers and the 2020 race for president

Tuesday, June 18, 2019

A general view of Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S., August 26, 2018. Picture taken August 26, 2018. REUTERS/Mike Blake - RC1EF10110E0

Limits on Nevada’s legislature keep it from serving the state

David F. Damore

Friday, June 14, 2019

Detroit

What do Midwest working-class voters want and need?

Thursday, June 13, 2019

People watch Democratic 2020 U.S. presidential candidate and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) speak during her campaign kick off event in New York, New York, U.S., March 24, 2019. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri - RC137D9D5970

WATCH: Brookings scholars address 21st-century policy issues ahead of 2020

Wednesday, June 12, 2019

People come and go from the Registrar of Voters office on the final day of voter registration in the upcoming congressional elections in San Diego, California, U.S. October 22, 2018. REUTERS/Mike Blake - RC1956981AF0

Red-tape voter suppression: How new, draconian voter registration rules undermine voting rights

Vanessa Williamson and Jackson Gode

Tuesday, June 11, 2019

U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks about the formation of the Senate Democrats' Special Committee on Climate Change on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 27, 2019. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts - RC1E7C265D50

Poor Chuck Schumer—his best candidates want to be president, not senator

Tuesday, June 4, 2019

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Is America’s Seed Fund investing in women- and minority-owned businesses?

Sifan Liu and Joseph Parilla

Tuesday, June 4, 2019

U.S. President Barack Obama signs the Sawtooth National Recreation Area and Jerry Peak Wilderness Additions Act into law at his desk in Oval Office at the White House in Washington August 7, 2015. The law sets aside 275,665 acres (1,116 square km) of Idaho's Boulder-White Clouds Wilderness to be permanently protected from development. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - GF20000016915

With Obama’s official papers living online, what might be lost?

Friday, May 31, 2019

Telecommunications workers Chris Viens and Guy Glover install a new 5G antenna system made by Ericsson for AT&T's 5G wireless network in downtown San Diego, California, U.S., April 23, 2019. Picture taken with a fish eye lens. REUTERS/Mike Blake - RC1BDEA71CE0

The danger of a $2 trillion infrastructure promise

Shalini Vajjhala

Tuesday, May 28, 2019

U.S. Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton's campaign chairman John Podesta walks off the stage after addressing supporters at the election night rally in New York, U.S., November 9, 2016. REUTERS/Rick Wilking - HT1ECB90LBRWE

Five issue positions that could blow up a Democratic campaign

Friday, May 24, 2019