The earliest days of American politics are somewhat lionized, mythologized through years of disconnection and remembered best ...
The public sees a number of specific problems with American politics. Partisan fighting, the high cost of political campaigns, and the outsize influence of special interests and lobbyists are each ...
President Donald Trump’s tumbling approval ratings are raising the odds that the 2026 midterm elections will extend one of the most powerful trends in 21st-century American politics.
When, exactly, was America great? For as long as Donald Trump has touted the MAGA slogan, he has been cagey about the answer. But recent weeks have suggested a few possibilities. One is the Gilded Age ...
The pendulum will swing back. It is a phrase invoked repeatedly, with variation, since Donald Trump’s reelection last November. Cable news anchor Chris Cuomo, Senator Angus King, and pollster Nate ...
The Obama-Romney race in 2012 was the last in a familiar pattern in U.S. politics, which has since become defined by Donald Trump’s conservative populism. By Nate Cohn The 2012 Obama-Romney race was ...
NPR's Scott Detrow talks with CNN's Abby Phillip about the life and legacy of civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson, who died at 84. Civil rights leader Jesse Jackson has died. He was 84 years old.