U.S. Politics & Government

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The Biden factor in the UAE-Israel deal

Shibley Telhami

Saturday, August 15, 2020

Aug 14, 2020; Presidential candidate Joe Biden signs documents for receiving the Democratic Vice Presidential nomination at the Hotel Du Pont in Wilmington, Delaware. Mandatory Credit: Jenna Miller/Delaware News Journal via USA TODAY NETWORK

Five things the Democratic Party needs to do in its convention this week

William A. Galston and Elaine Kamarck

Friday, August 14, 2020

A "I Voted" sticker is shown by a keyboard in the Voting Machine Hacking Village during the Def Con hacker convention in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. on July 29, 2017. REUTERS/Steve Marcus - RC118719DD00

Election 2020: A once-in-a-century, massive turnout?

William A. Galston

Friday, August 14, 2020

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Senator Kamala Harris holds her first organizing event in Los Angeles as she campaigns in the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination race in Los Angeles, California, U.S., May 19, 2019. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo

This is not your grandfather’s vice presidency

Wednesday, August 12, 2020

A woman casts her ballot at a polling station for the South Carolina primary in Indian Land, South Carolina, U.S., February 29, 2020. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson

2020: The Year of the Woman Voter

Michael D. Hais and Morley Winograd

Friday, August 7, 2020

A person holds census information at an event where U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) spoke at a Census Town Hall at the Louis Armstrong Middle School in Queens, New York City, U.S., February 22, 2020. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly

Trump’s new plan to hijack the census will imperil America’s future

William H. Frey

Friday, August 7, 2020

"I voted" stickers are on display for voters in the U.S. presidential election at Grace Episcopal Church in The Plains, Virginia, U.S., November 8, 2016. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts - HT1ECB8183K3O

Universal Voting: Your questions, our answers

E.J. Dionne, Jr., Megan Bell, Amber Herrle, Shane P. Singh, Allegra Chapman, Joshua Douglas, Miles Rapoport, and Whitney Quesenbery

Thursday, August 6, 2020

UNITED STATES - JULY 28: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., makes his way to news conference after the Senate Republican Policy luncheon in Hart Building on Tuesday, July 28, 2020. Mark Meadows, White House chief of staff, and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, attended the lunch. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

Why Senate Republicans and the White House can’t agree on badly-needed COVID aid

Molly E. Reynolds

Friday, July 31, 2020

U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos addresses Education Department staff on her first day on the job in Washington

School reopening plans linked to politics rather than public health

Wednesday, July 29, 2020

U.S. President Donald Trump steps from Air Force One as he arrives at Raleigh-Durham International Airport in Morrrisville, North Carolina, U.S., July 27, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

Is President Trump already a lame duck president?

Monday, July 27, 2020