U.S. Politics & Government

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during the first 2020 presidential campaign debate with Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, held on the campus of the Cleveland Clinic at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S., September 29, 2020. REUTERS/Brian Snyder

Trump’s violent debate performance is a reflection of his racially violent policies

Wednesday, September 30, 2020

Workers prepare the South Lawn for a ceremony for U.S. President Donald Trump to sign the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) trade deal at the White House in Washington, U.S. January 29, 2020. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

Trump’s government dismantlers have lost their plurality

Wednesday, September 30, 2020

CMS Administrator Seema Verma speaks during an event about senior citizens and the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in the East Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 30, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

Congress finds success targeting private actors for information on executive branch actions

Jackson Gode and Molly E. Reynolds

Tuesday, September 29, 2020

Voter registration forms and a dropbox sit outside the entrance to the Polk County Auditor's election office on Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020, in Des Moines.0924 Vote 006 Jpg

Brookings Institution Press 2020 presidential election reading list

Tuesday, September 29, 2020

Cvr: Trump and Federalism

Trump, the Administrative Presidency, and Federalism

By Frank J. Thompson, Kenneth K. Wong, and Barry G. Rabe

2020

People light candles as they pay their respects to late former Czech President Vaclav Havel at Wenceslas Square in Prague December 22, 2011. Havel, an anti-Communist playwright who became Czech president and a worldwide symbol of peace and freedom after leading the bloodless "Velvet Revolution", died at the age of 75 on Sunday. His funeral mass will be held on Friday in the presence of dignitaries from around the world. REUTERS/David W Cerny (CZECH REPUBLIC - Tags: OBITUARY POLITICS)

Large-scale political unrest is unlikely, but not impossible

September 26, 2020

U.S. special envoy Marshall Billingslea gestures as he speaks to the media after a meeting with Russian deputy Foreign Minister Sergej Rybakow in Vienna, Austria June 23, 2020. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger

Washington’s arms control delusions and bluffs

Monday, September 28, 2020

FILE PHOTO: Police officers wearing face masks guard the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, U.S., May 14, 2020. REUTERS/Erin Scott/File Photo

Public demand for government reform remains high

Monday, September 28, 2020

Democratic 2020 U.S. presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden holds a campaign rally in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. May 18, 2019. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - RC155E77EB70

What a Biden administration should learn from the Trump administration

Peter Fox and Connor Raso

Monday, September 28, 2020

U.S. Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) arrives to a luncheon on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., September 23, 2020. REUTERS/Erin Scott

American democracy needs Mitt Romney to reconsider

Friday, September 25, 2020