US Political Pulse

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...

Efforts to limit the ballot long predate today's fight over federal protections:

• The 15th Amendment barred race-based denial of the vote in 1870,...

Trump and Vance have acknowledged the Iran war as a factor in the defeat, but Trump has not conceded a mistake and says he would make the same...

Three fronts are moving after the midterms:

• Congress: Democrats urged immediate action on immigration reform, starting with the Dream and Promise...

Democrats now control both chambers of Congress, and healthcare costs were a major campaign issue. The likely targets range widely:

• Drug prices:...

Two federal tools shape ACA costs. The premium tax credit lowers monthly payments, while cost-sharing reductions cut deductibles and other...

The article argues that coverage of Trump's new chief of staff, Stephen Miller, uses softer language. Outlets called him a figure with “zealous views”...

Congress is considering whether to add chip export restrictions to the NDAA, and the debate pits security goals against industry concerns.

• Security...

The piece frames the US and Europe as having a similar debate about populism, with two competing strains:

• Scapegoating populism grows from a...

Federal workers are adopting AI faster than agencies can approve it. A National Cybersecurity Alliance survey found 43% of AI users have shared...

Support for the death penalty has fallen to 49 percent, its lowest level in 55 years, according to a Gallup poll. The last time it was below 50...

The author recalls summer camp peers finding it comical that they attended public school in Mississippi, a remark that stayed with them. The piece...