U.S. Politics & Government

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) departs after U.S. President Donald Trump addressed a closed Senate Republican policy lunch while a partial government shutdown enters its 19th day on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., January 9, 2019. REUTERS/Leah Millis - RC1FB988EBB0

Yes, Senate Republicans could still confirm Barrett before the election

Sarah A. Binder

The Washington Post Monday, October 5, 2020

FILE PHOTO: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg attends the lunch session of The Women's Conference in Long Beach, California October 26, 2010. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/File Photo

The war over Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s legacy may overtake all other issues

Bhaskar Chakravorti

Friday, October 2, 2020

President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump have tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19), it was announced shortly after midnight on Friday, October 2, 2020. They are seen leaving the White House to attend the first presidential debate in Cleveland, Ohio on Tuesday, September 29, 2020. Photo by Ken Cedeno/Pool/Sipa USANo Use UK. No Use Germany.

The president has COVID-19. Now what?

John Hudak and Adrianna Pita

Friday, October 2, 2020

Past Policy 2020 Event

Disinformed democracy: The past, present, and future of information warfare

9:15 AM - 1:00 PM EDT

EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on leaving the office to report, film or take pictures in Tehran.

Improving antitrust law in America

Thursday, October 1, 2020

U.S. President Donald Trump is silhouetted as he delivers a speech while campaigning at Dayton International Airport in Dayton, Ohio, U.S., September 21, 2020. REUTERS/Tom Brenner

What a second Trump term would mean for the world

Thursday, October 1, 2020

U.S. President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden participate in the first 2020 presidential campaign debate held on the campus of the Cleveland Clinic at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S., September 29, 2020. Olivier Douliery/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

Challenges for the next president and lessons from the first debate

William A. Galston and David Dollar

Thursday, October 1, 2020

Past Policy 2020 Event

How will Black voters influence the 2020 election?

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT

FILE PHOTO: The American Flag flies at the U.S. Capitol Building, as Mayor Muriel Bowser declared a State of Emergency due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., March 18, 2020. REUTERS/Tom Brenner/File Photo

How a proposed House reform would flow federal funding into communities

Molly E. Reynolds and John Hudak

Wednesday, September 30, 2020

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Charles Michel (not pictured), connected via video with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, hold a news conference after a virtual summit with China's President Xi Jinping, in Brussels, Belgium, September 14, 2020. REUTERS/Yves Herman/Pool

Bonding over Beijing

Erik Brattberg and Torrey Taussig

Wednesday, September 30, 2020