The earliest days of American politics are somewhat lionized, mythologized through years of disconnection and remembered best ...

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.

Remembering Gerald M. Pomper, Longtime Distinguished American Political Science Scholar Gerald M. Pomper, a national scholar ...

Texas AG Ken Paxton's victory over Sen. John Cornyn shows how much Republican voters distrust the political establishment – ...

In recent months, a strain of political rhetoric has crossed a line that democracies ignore at their peril. What began as familiar arguments about immigration levels and visa programs has, in some ...

Both Democrat and Republicans agree we’re in an important moment in American politics, according to a new poll released Monday. Three-fourths of Democrats and 61% of Republicans say this moment in ...

Before the stealth bombers streaked through the Middle Eastern night, or the missiles rained down on suspected terrorists in Africa, or commandos snatched a South American president from his bedroom, ...

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 ...

This past summer, a man I’ll call G. helped train Grok, the A.I. chatbot on X, to praise Adolf Hitler. Elon Musk, who owns the company, had asked users to post divisive facts—information that 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.