U.S. Politics & Government

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo speaks in front of stacks of medical protective supplies during a news conference at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, which will be partially converted into a temporary hospital during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in New York City, New York, U.S., March 24, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Segar

Trump or governors: Who’s the boss?

William A. Galston

Wednesday, March 25, 2020

Employees of Hamilton Medical AG test ventilators at a plant in Domat/Ems, Switzerland March 18, 2020. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann

To save America, it’s time to activate the great arsenal of democracy

William A. Galston

Friday, March 20, 2020

Democratic 2020 U.S. presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden holds a campaign rally in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. May 18, 2019. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - RC155E77EB70

The quiet reformation of Biden’s foreign policy

Friday, March 20, 2020

U.S. President Donald Trump declares the coronavirus pandemic a national emergency as Vice President Mike Pence, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar and other officials listen during a news conference in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, U.S., March 13, 2020. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

In a national emergency, presidential competence is crucial

Friday, March 20, 2020

U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders speaks during a rally at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.,March 8, 2020. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson

Why Bernie Sanders vastly underperformed in the 2020 primary

Friday, March 20, 2020

Democratic U.S. presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden U.S. Senator Kamala Harris and Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer during a campaign stop in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., March 9, 2020. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

Biden has women to thank for his primary victories

Michael D. Hais and Morley Winograd

Tuesday, March 17, 2020

Tashawna Green, 21, poses for a portrait with her daughter, Taishaun, 6, at her home in Queens Village, New York August 21, 2011. Green who up until recently worked 25 hours a week at Target, is on food stamps and says a good number of her colleagues are too. Green made $8.08 cents an hour working for Target. "It's a good thing that the government helps, but if employers paid enough and gave enough hours, then we wouldn't need to be on food stamps." Picture taken August 21, 2011. To match Insight USA-POVERTY-FOODSTAMPS/ REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY)

Protecting our most economically vulnerable neighbors during the COVID-19 outbreak

Camille Busette

Monday, March 16, 2020

U.S. President Donald Trump is accompanied by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony Fauci, coronavirus task force members and industry executives as he takes questions at a news conference where he declared the coronavirus pandemic a national emergency in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, U.S., March 13, 2020. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

Trump’s failed presidency

Monday, March 16, 2020

Democratic U.S. presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden listens as Senator Bernie Sanders speaks during the 11th Democratic candidates debate of the 2020 U.S. presidential campaign, held in CNN's Washington studios without an audience because of the global coronavirus pandemic, in Washington, U.S., March 15, 2020. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

The Democratic debate: Biden’s VP pledge shows that women will be key in 2020

William A. Galston and Elaine Kamarck

Sunday, March 15, 2020

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks during a campaign rally on the campus of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor Sunday, March, 8, 2020 a head of the Michigan primaries on Tuesday.Berniesanders 030820 16 Mw

Bernie Sanders’s failed coalition

Tuesday, March 10, 2020