U.S. Politics & Government

Bottles of Cointreau, the orange-flavoured triple sec liqueur, are displayed at the Carre Cointreau in the Cointreau distillery in Saint-Barthelemy-d'Anjou near Angers, France, February 8, 2019. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe - RC1EDD102B00

How to close the loopholes in the Craft Beverage Modernization Act

Friday, September 6, 2019

The Maidstone Club, a golf lodge, is seen in East Hampton, New York, March 16, 2016. The market for luxury homes in the Hamptons, the summer playground for Wall Street's wealthiest, is losing some of its luster as financial markets limp along for a second year. REUTERS/Jeffrey Basinger - GF10000348072

Estimating the economic impact of a wealth tax

Thursday, September 5, 2019

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks with reporters on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, U.S., before his departure to Camp David, August 30, 2019. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas - RC1574057F20

Trump and the waning power of tax cuts in Republican party mobilization

Jackson Gode and Vanessa Williamson

Tuesday, September 3, 2019

Maps of Georgia, split into house of representatives districts, can be seen with headphones for phone banking at Republican gubernatorial candidate Brian Kemp's campaign office during a phone banking event in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., November 5, 2018. REUTERS/Leah Millis - RC1CE0096190

Political campaigns are the first line of defense in election security

Thursday, August 29, 2019

Russia's President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump attend a meeting on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Osaka, Japan June 28, 2019. Sputnik/Mikhail Klimentyev/Kremlin via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. - RC187F8F9730

Trump, the G7 and the perception of being Putin’s puppet

Wednesday, August 28, 2019

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters as he departs for travel to the AMVETS convention in Kentucky from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, U.S. August 21, 2019. REUTERS/Tasos Katopodis - RC1586994E00

Trump’s hostility to election security preparedness

Wednesday, August 28, 2019

A view of the U.S. Capitol, in Washington DC, U.S., June 20, 2019. REUTERS/Al Drago - RC1D9A2CC1F0

Anatomy of an oversight investigation: White House security clearances

Isabella Gelfand and Jackson Gode

Monday, August 26, 2019

U.S. flags fly on the Old Post Office in Washington September 10, 2013. U.S. real-estate mogul Donald Trump unveiled on Tuesday a $200 million redevelopment plan of the iconic building by the Trump Organization, into a luxury hotel, according to news reports. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS SOCIETY WEALTH TRAVEL REAL ESTATE) - GM1E99A1S1O01

A disturbance in the Force: President Trump, DOD’s JEDI procurement, and the Old Post Office

Friday, August 23, 2019

Voters cast ballots for the midterm elections at a polling station set up at the West Des Moines Fire Station 18 in West Des Moines, Iowa, U.S., November 6, 2018. REUTERS/Scott Morgan - RC11EBA66390

The federal-state disconnect in securing the 2016 election and how not to repeat it

Friday, August 23, 2019

Fully automatic machine guns are displayed for sale at the Guntoberfest gun show in Oaks, Pennsylvania, U.S., October 6, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts - RC17126603C0

Getting beyond the myths: What Americans really think about mass shootings and gun legislation

William A. Galston and Clara Hendrickson

Thursday, August 22, 2019