US Political Pulse

Virginia House Speaker Don Scott argues that Democratic presidential hopefuls should start in state capitols, pointing to how Republicans built power...

Incoming House Democrats frame their agenda around affordability and accountability. Clark vowed to hold those "enriching themselves through...

Former Assistant Secretary of Defense and ambassador Chas Freeman argues that U.S. foreign policy is undermined by strategic irrationality and failed...

This sponsored column from an immigration law firm offers predictions, not confirmed policy. Its authors expect no immigration deal with Democrats and...

A presidential memorandum exempts federal firefighting from certain water pollution requirements for one year. Key provisions:

• Who's covered: The...

Two federal climate threads point in different directions. A UN Environment Programme report concluded that limiting warming to 1.5 C is no longer...

Coverage gaps are growing even among the insured. More people have lost coverage or become underinsured over the last two years, and 50 percent of...

The columnist argues that poll criticism mostly comes from losers, and that polls vary widely in quality.

• Turnout is the real pressure point:...

Gasoline is a uniquely visible cost. Iran has driven a spike in gasoline prices, which are particularly salient and annoying, and voters cite cost of...

Scranton Mayor Paige Cognetti, who is preparing to serve in the U.S. House, has placed an anti-corruption agenda at the top of her to-do list.

That...

A free seven-slide brief covers a study of U.S. adults' views on how AI may affect U.S. healthcare, including their comfort with AI in different...

A new US Democracy Tracker offers a systematic check. Freedom House and the Kettering Foundation will publish it quarterly, and its inaugural edition...

Democrats took control of both houses of Congress, and the sweep exceeded even EIU's expectations. Results in Mississippi and Alaska were still not...

The Supreme Court's Nov. 9 ruling lets the Department of Homeland Security build a border wall through Big Bend National Park, and the reaction has...

Voting access depends heavily on local rules and administrative timing. Lee Drutman describes voting as "an obstacle course," with roughly 10,500...

• Progressive ambition: Progressives want to revive Medicare for All, a plan that would ban private insurance, with Sanders and others among its...

Congressional committees are pressing federal agencies over transparency, though on very different issues. The House Oversight Committee's report...

The Senate's 73-25 vote to advance the BAAJA raises a key question: who benefits from faster approvals?

• Fossil fuels: The bill gives the industry...

A plurality of Hispanic voters who backed Democrats were primarily motivated by the economy, not immigration, according to an NBC News exit poll....

Two recent opinion pieces link civic capacity to everyday affordability, though they approach it from different angles. A student columnist warns that...