U.S. Politics & Government

White House Counsel Don McGahn is seen at testimony of Judge Brett Kavanaugh during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, Washington, DC, U.S. September 27, 2018. Erin Schaff/Pool via REUTERS - RC1CF7D19850

House Judiciary Committee v. McGahn: Executive power or executive privilege

Richard Lempert

Wednesday, November 27, 2019

House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA) with other Republican congressmen speaks to the media outside a secure area as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Laura Cooper testifies in a closed-door deposition as part of the U.S. House of Representatives impeachment inquiry into U.S. President Donald Trump on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., October 23, 2019. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas - RC192AB1A240

Republicans backing Trump: This week in impeachment

Monday, November 25, 2019

Voters cast their ballot in the U.S. midterm elections in Ferguson, Missouri November 4, 2014. Black anger at a local Democrat's handling of the shooting of teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, has given the Republican candidate some hope of winning the race for St Louis County executive for first time since the 1980s. REUTERS/Whitney Curtis (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS) - GM1EAB50DEP01

Why the race for Black voters is the most important Democratic primary of them all

Andre M. Perry and David Harshbarger

Monday, November 25, 2019

A cherry pie is pictured at Twede's Cafe, known as the Double R Diner in the television show "Twin Peaks," in North Bend, Washington, U.S., September 2, 2018. Picture taken on September 2, 2018. REUTERS/Lindsey Wasson - RC19CD46E720

Six ways to handle Trump’s impeachment during holiday dinners

Darrell M. West

Monday, November 25, 2019

Republican U.S. presidential nominee Donald Trump looks out at Lake Michigan during a visit to the Milwaukee County War Memorial Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin August 16, 2016. REUTERS/Eric Thayer TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - S1AETVVIYCAA

Republicans risk normalizing foreign interference in U.S. politics

Friday, November 22, 2019

U.S. Capitol

Congress’s oversight mandate goes beyond impeachment

Jackson Gode and Lily Gong

Friday, November 22, 2019

Democratic 2020 U.S. presidential candidate and U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) delivers a campaign economic speech at Saint Anselm Colleges Institue of Politics in Manchester, New Hampshire, U.S., December 12, 2019. REUTERS/Brian Snyder - RC2TTD9M43SN

Why Elizabeth Warren’s foreign policy worries America’s allies

Thursday, November 21, 2019

Democratic U.S. presidential candidates (L-R) South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg, Senator Elizabeth Warren, former Vice President Joe Biden and Senator Kamala Harris listen as Senator Bernie Sanders speaks during their fifth 2020 campaign debate at the Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. November 20, 2019. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid - HP1EFBL07440M

The Democratic debate: Can we talk about jobs? Please?

Thursday, November 21, 2019

Democratic presidential candidate Senator Kamala Harris speaks during the fifth 2020 campaign debate at the Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., November 20, 2019. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid - HP1EFBL08V31G

MSNBC debate moderators largely ignored people of color

Thursday, November 21, 2019

Vote totals are reported by county elections board members during a recanvassing of votes at the Oldham County Clerks Office in La Grange, Kentucky, U.S., November 14, 2019. REUTERS/Bryan Woolston - RC23BD9THXNQ

What does high voter turnout tell us about the 2020 elections?

William A. Galston

Wednesday, November 20, 2019