Politics

"They are undermining the department's mission at every turn": New documents reveal just how much the Department of the Interior favored industry over conservation.

• By Jimmy Tobias

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.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

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

• By Kate Wheeling

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

• By Rick Paulas

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

• By Bob Berwyn

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.

• By Seth Masket

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

• By Seth Masket

The deal is a blow for GOP congressional leaders.

• By Dwyer Gunn

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

• By Seth Masket

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

• By Kate Wheeling

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

• By Seth Masket

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.

• By Anthony York

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

• By Tom Jacobs

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

• By Seth Masket

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

• By Kate Wheeling

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

• By Kate Wheeling

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

• By Massoud Hayoun

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

• By Jared Keller

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

• By Elizabeth King

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

• By Kate Wheeling

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.

• By Frances Negrón-Muntaner

A prominent scholar of international relations analyzes the disquieting events of recent days.

• By Tom Jacobs

A new report compares the Environmental Protection Agency's productivity during the presidencies of Donald Trump, Barack Obama, George W. Bush, and Bill Clinton.

• By Francie Diep

Our reflexive approach to explaining the world strongly predicts our political orientation.

• By Tom Jacobs