Politics

A new analysis suggests that Democrats should be worried about turnout in 2020.

For less-educated Americans, belonging to a labor union is a good way of increasing one's understanding of the world of politics.

U.S. President Donald Trump disembarks Air Force One alongside First Lady Melania Trump after arriving at Shannon airport on June 5th, 2019, in Shannon, Ireland.

State lawmakers are increasingly using tactics that suppress progressive legislation being passed in metropolitan areas.

Supporters of Pakistan's cricketer-turned politician Imran Khan, head of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (Movement for Justice) Party, celebrate on a street in Islamabad on July 25th, 2018.

The EPA begins the process to roll back a major Obama-era emissions rule, fulfilling one of Trump's main campaign promises.

The Regulatory Accountability Act would subject the rule-making process to red tape.

Lawsuits by states and advocacy groups are effectively blocking some of the most egregious attacks on environmental regulations.

Celebrity political activity has been quite common for a long time. But with an atypical entertainer in the White House, we're seeing something different today.

Addressing the primary criticisms of Clinton's historic run for the presidency.

The deal is a blow for GOP congressional leaders.

For academics looking to play a larger public role, publishing online can be a useful counter to some of the downsides of scholarly writing.

Despite the president's hard-line stance on immigration, he has wavered on the future of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.

While a unity ticket sounds exciting during a campaign, how exactly would governing work?

A move to eliminate the state's re-development agencies in 2011 effectively wiped out billions in revenues that were earmarked for affordable housing. Now Jerry Brown is trying to amend that problem.

Presidential historian Barbara Perry takes stock of Donald Trump, and assesses the long-term damage he is likely creating.

Even if no one—inside or outside of the federal government—takes Donald Trump seriously, he could still cause a great deal of damage.

Bannon has been on the outs with the Trump administration for some time.

The resignations followed the president's controversial comments about the violence Charlottesville, Virginia.

Analysts worry the White House's aggressive posturing will unwittingly boost Venezuela's embattled administration.

The biggest mistake the U.S. ever made was relying on human beings to keep the world from nuclear annihilation.

Donald Trump has been courting conservative Christians hard since his campaign, but they don't appear to have influenced much policy.

The president claims left-wing extremists are as violent as the alt-right. Does he have a point?

If the people of Guam are always in the line of fire, the least the U.S. can do is to confer all rights to them as American citizens.