U.S. Politics & Government

A sign directs voters to a polling location, during the midterm runoff elections in Columbus, Georgia, U.S., December 6, 2022. REUTERS/Cheney Orr

The risk of election violence in the United States in 2024

Daniel L. Byman

Friday, January 27, 2023

FILE PHOTO: The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) building is seen in Washington, U.S. September 28, 2020. REUTERS/Erin Scott/File Photo

Cutting IRS funding is a gift to America’s wealthiest tax evaders

Vanessa Williamson

Thursday, January 26, 2023

A girl pays respects at the memorial at Robb Elementary school, where a gunman killed 19 children and two adults, in Uvalde, Texas, U.S. May 28, 2022. REUTERS/Marco Bello TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Voters want Congress to address gun violence and mass shootings

Gabriel R. Sanchez and Carly Bennett

Monday, January 23, 2023

A redacted FBI photograph of documents and classified cover sheets recovered from a container stored in former U.S. president Donald Trump's Florida estate, and which was included in a U.S. Department of Justice filing and released August 30, 2022. U.S. Department of Justice/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IMAGE WAS REDACTED AT SOURCE. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

How does the government’s classification system work?

Monday, January 23, 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

FILE PHOTO: Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) addresses the U.S. House of Representatives for the first time after being elected speaker in a late night 15th round of voting on the fourth day of the 118th Congress at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., January 7, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo

The polarization paradox: Elected officials and voters have shifted in opposite directions

William A. Galston

Friday, January 20, 2023

United States President Joe Biden enters the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC upon his return after spending the weekend in Delaware on January 16, 2023.Featuring: President Joe BidenWhere: Washington, District of Columbia, United StatesWhen: 16 Jan 2023Credit: Yuri Gripas/Pool/CNP/startraksph/Cover Images

The Biden “A-Team” after 24 months: A significant uptick in year two departures

Kathryn Dunn Tenpas

Friday, January 20, 2023

The future of liberalism

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EST

Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-NY) holds a press conference in Statuary Hall following a vote in the House of Representatives in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 12, 2023. This marks the conclusion of McCarthys first week as Speaker after 15 rounds of ballots, which was the first time in over 100 years that more than 1 ballot was needed. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

The McCarthy deal is guaranteed fiscal brinkmanship

Molly E. Reynolds

Thursday, January 12, 2023

A general view of the U.S. Capitol Building at dawn, in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, November 2, 2022. (Graeme Sloan/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

Earmarks are back: How Democrats and Republicans differ

Chris Cassella, E.J. Fagan, and Sean Theriault

Thursday, January 12, 2023

The future of charter schools in the United States

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM EST

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) speaks to reporters as he walks from the House floor to his office at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., January 9, 2023. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger

McCarthy paid a steep price for his Speakership—Now what?

Sarah A. Binder

Tuesday, January 10, 2023

The head and torso of the statue of Confederate general Robert E. Lee are separated for transport following the statue's removal. The Virginia supreme court ruled last week that the six-story monument could be removed. It has yet to be determined whether the pedestal covered in anti-racism graffiti will be removed given its prominent role in the 2020 anti-racism uprising in Richmond. (Photo by Allison Bailey/NurPhoto)NO USE FRANCE

County secession: Local efforts to redraw political borders

Colby Galliher and Edison Forman

Tuesday, January 10, 2023

Political party affiliation and inflation expectations

Monday, January 9, 2023

Former Washington DC police officer Michael Fanone gives a speech denouncing political violence during a news conference put on by Courage for America featuring veterans, politicians on the west side of the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, U.S., January 5, 2023. REUTERS/Leah Millis

Polls show Americans are divided on the significance of January 6

William A. Galston

Friday, January 6, 2023

FILE PHOTO: The Rocky Mountains are pictured as a layer of air pollution hangs over Denver, Colorado, U.S. January 21, 2020. Picture taken January 21, 2020. REUTERS/Jim Urquhart/File Photo

Methane comes front and center in climate change policy

Friday, January 6, 2023

The U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. is seen at night on January 5, 2023, the eve of the second anniversary of the January 6 attacks on the Capitol and as lawmakers vote on Kevin McCarthy's bid to be House speaker for a third day. (Photo by Bryan Olin Dozier/NurPhoto)NO USE FRANCE

Can America’s democracy heal?

Fiona Hill and Yascha Mounk

Friday, January 6, 2023

A general view of the U.S. Capitol Building, in Washington, D.C., on Friday, November 4, 2022. (Graeme Sloan/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

What to expect on climate change from the New Congress

Tuesday, January 3, 2023

Supporters of the America First ideology and U.S. President Donald Trump listen to Nick Fuentes, a leader of the America First movement and a white nationalist, as they participate in a "Stop the Steal" and "Million MAGA March" protests after the 2020 U.S. presidential election was called for Democratic candidate Joe Biden, in Washington, U.S. November 14, 2020. Picture taken November 14, 2020. REUTERS/Leah Millis

The antisemitic and Islamophobic fringe is alarmingly emboldened—but it’s shrinking

Shibley Telhami and Stella M. Rouse

Thursday, December 29, 2022

CEO of Alphabet Inc. and its subsidiary Google LLC, Sundar Pichai appears on a monitor behind a stenographer as he testifies remotely during the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee hearing 'Does Section 230's Sweeping Immunity Enable Big Tech Bad Behavior?', on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, USA, 28 October 2020. CEO of Twitter Jack Dorsey; CEO of Alphabet Inc. and its subsidiary Google LLC, Sundar Pichai; and CEO of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg all testified virtually at the hearing. Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act guarantees that tech companies can not be sued for content on their platforms, but the Justice Department has suggested limiting this legislation. Photo by MICHAEL REYNOLDS/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

Big Tech giving European consumers what they deny Americans

Wednesday, December 28, 2022