U.S. Politics & Government

Voters cast their ballots in the Eastmont Community Center during midterms elections in East Los Angeles, California, U.S. November 6, 2018. REUTERS/Kyle Grillot - RC1792D4D200

Americans want federal action on election security ahead of 2020, per new Brookings survey

Darrell M. West

Tuesday, August 20, 2019

Supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump look on as Trump speaks during a campaign rally in Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S., August 1, 2019. REUTERS/Bryan Woolston - RC179FD13B60

Trump and racism: What do the data say?

Vanessa Williamson and Isabella Gelfand

Wednesday, August 14, 2019

People with the Mexican flag and the U.S. flag take part in a rally against hate a day after a mass shooting at a Walmart store, in El Paso, Texas, U.S. August 4, 2019. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC119E6AB8E0

Is demography destiny in Texas?

Friday, August 9, 2019

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

Foreign campaign intervention may go way beyond Russia to China, Iran, North Korea, and Saudi Arabia

Darrell M. West

Friday, August 9, 2019

A group of people hold candles during a vigil at a memorial four days after a mass shooting at a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas, U.S. August 7, 2019. REUTERS/Callaghan O'Hare - RC130E871640

There are not ‘two sides’

Thursday, August 8, 2019

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

Trump’s judicial appointments record at the August recess: A little less than meets the eye

Russell Wheeler

Thursday, August 8, 2019

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

Four takeaways from this summer’s budget deal

Molly E. Reynolds

Friday, August 2, 2019

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) departs the House Chamber after NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg addressed a joint meeting of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., April 3, 2019. REUTERS/Carlos Barria - RC14E4CFDDD0

Why won’t the Senate protect American elections?

Darrell M. West and Raj Karan Gambhir

Friday, August 2, 2019

U.S. Senator Cory Booker (L), former Vice President Joe Biden and U.S. Senator Kamala Harris gesture on the second night of the second 2020 Democratic U.S. presidential debate in Detroit, Michigan, July 31, 2019. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson - HP1EF810595O8

The second Democratic debate: Opening up the centrist lane

Thursday, August 1, 2019

Dietician Krista Mangan prepares an examination room at the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) office inside a Salt Lake County health clinic in South Salt Lake City, Utah, October 2, 2013. The Salt Lake County government appropriated special funding to continue to offer certain aspects of federally funded WIC program for a week while many other WIC offices in Utah have been shut due the federal government shutdown, according to county authorities. REUTERS/Jim Urquhart (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS HEALTH BUSINESS) - GM1E9A30MYF01

Reducing access to contraception won’t reduce the abortion rate

Katherine Guyot and Isabel V. Sawhill

Monday, July 29, 2019