U.S. Politics & Government

People watch Democratic 2020 U.S. presidential candidate and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) speak during her campaign kick off event in New York, New York, U.S., March 24, 2019. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri - RC137D9D5970

WATCH: Brookings scholars address 21st-century policy issues ahead of 2020

Wednesday, June 12, 2019

People come and go from the Registrar of Voters office on the final day of voter registration in the upcoming congressional elections in San Diego, California, U.S. October 22, 2018. REUTERS/Mike Blake - RC1956981AF0

Red-tape voter suppression: How new, draconian voter registration rules undermine voting rights

Vanessa Williamson and Jackson Gode

Tuesday, June 11, 2019

U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks about the formation of the Senate Democrats' Special Committee on Climate Change on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 27, 2019. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts - RC1E7C265D50

Poor Chuck Schumer—his best candidates want to be president, not senator

Tuesday, June 4, 2019

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Is America’s Seed Fund investing in women- and minority-owned businesses?

Sifan Liu and Joseph Parilla

Tuesday, June 4, 2019

U.S. President Barack Obama signs the Sawtooth National Recreation Area and Jerry Peak Wilderness Additions Act into law at his desk in Oval Office at the White House in Washington August 7, 2015. The law sets aside 275,665 acres (1,116 square km) of Idaho's Boulder-White Clouds Wilderness to be permanently protected from development. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - GF20000016915

With Obama’s official papers living online, what might be lost?

Friday, May 31, 2019

Telecommunications workers Chris Viens and Guy Glover install a new 5G antenna system made by Ericsson for AT&T's 5G wireless network in downtown San Diego, California, U.S., April 23, 2019. Picture taken with a fish eye lens. REUTERS/Mike Blake - RC1BDEA71CE0

The danger of a $2 trillion infrastructure promise

Shalini Vajjhala

Tuesday, May 28, 2019

U.S. Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton's campaign chairman John Podesta walks off the stage after addressing supporters at the election night rally in New York, U.S., November 9, 2016. REUTERS/Rick Wilking - HT1ECB90LBRWE

Five issue positions that could blow up a Democratic campaign

Friday, May 24, 2019

U.S. President Donald Trump's cabinet, including Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, listen as he speaks about his administration's proposals to change U.S. immigration policy in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, U.S., May 16, 2019. REUTERS/Carlos Barria - RC19F80D2FD0

Who is in the president’s Cabinet?

Kathryn Dunn Tenpas

Tuesday, May 21, 2019

Security guards stand outside the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, U.S., March 20, 2019. REUTERS/Leah Millis - RC120F4804E0

Alabama’s abortion act is political theater

Richard Lempert

Tuesday, May 21, 2019

Democratic 2020 U.S. presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden greets supporters after speaking during a campaign rally in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., May 18, 2019. REUTERS/Mark Makela - RC18E1A0E4D0

Why is Joe Biden running away with the Democratic presidential nomination?

Morley Winograd

Monday, May 20, 2019