U.S. Politics & Government

U.S. President Donald Trump calls on a reporter during a news conference in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, U.S., March 29, 2020. REUTERS/Al Drago

Destroying trust in the media, science, and government has left America vulnerable to disaster

Marc Hetherington and Jonathan M. Ladd

Friday, May 1, 2020

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The next COVID-19 relief bill must include massive aid to states, especially the hardest-hit areas

Tuesday, April 28, 2020

New Taipei city government conducts a drill against community acquired infection of the new coronavirus CIVID-19 in New Taipei city, Taiwan on March 14, 2020. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a pandemic, showing the evidence 150,000 people infected with the coronavirus illness in over 130 countries and territories around the world on March 14. ( The Yomiuri Shimbun )

After COVID-19, Taiwan will have to navigate a world that will never be the same

Monday, April 20, 2020

Ashlee Mason, 26, serves a customer at The Pottery Cannabis Dispensary, as marijuana deliveries increase amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Los Angeles, California, U.S., April 14, 2020. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson

‘Essential’ cannabis businesses: Strategies for regulation in a time of widespread crisis

Sunday, April 19, 2020

People wait in a line around the block for a pop-up food pantry amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Chelsea, Massachusetts, U.S., April 17, 2020. REUTERS/Brian Snyder

Americans give President Trump poor ratings in handling COVID-19 crisis

William A. Galston

Friday, April 17, 2020

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

Inspectors general will drain the swamp, if Trump stops attacking them

Thursday, April 16, 2020

A general view of the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., on Monday, April 6, 2020, amid the coronavirus pandemic. More than a million people world wide have tested positive for the COVID-19 virus, and in the U.S. more than 300,000 people have tested positive as the Trump administration struggles to get a handle on the outbreak. (Graeme Sloan/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

Congressional oversight of the CARES Act could prove troublesome

Wednesday, April 15, 2020

The U.S. Capitol Building is seen, following a Senate vote on the coronavirus relief bill, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., March 26, 2020. REUTERS/Tom Brenner

How Congress can address the international dimensions of the COVID-19 response

George Ingram and Jeffrey L. Sturchio

Wednesday, April 15, 2020

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban arrives to attend the plenary session of the Parliament ahead of a vote to grant the government special powers to combat the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) crisis in Budapest, Hungary, March 30, 2020. MTI Zoltan Mathe/Pool via REUTERS

Coronavirus is also a threat to democratic constitutions

Constanze Stelzenmüller

Wednesday, April 15, 2020

Democratic U.S. presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden addresses supporters as Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC) looks on at his South Carolina primary night rally in Columbia, South Carolina, U.S., February 29, 2020. REUTERS/Jim Urquhart

Do voters want to hear from party leaders? Some intriguing new polling

Wednesday, April 15, 2020