The president's term ends at noon on Jan. 20
The framers of the Constitution were very clear that presidential terms have time limits. Not four years and a day. Not…
The framers of the Constitution were very clear that presidential terms have time limits. Not four years and a day. Not…
Biden and Trump are like night and day on foreign policy, and American global engagement would change radically under a…
US farmers have suffered billions in losses due to the trade war and the coronavirus pandemic, yet surveys suggest they…
Special interests use the court as a public policy battleground. Here's a rundown of how that works and which groups…
Researchers posed as constituents and emailed 3,685 legislators in 11 countries in Europe and Latin America to ask for help.…
For the first time in the US, a ballot measure will ask voters whether to restore wolves to a place where they've been…
Lawsuits are being argued in courthouses across the country over the conduct of the election. That could lead to the public…
President Trump has claimed the Islamic State was completely defeated on his watch – but an analysis of government maps…
With Amy Coney Barrett's nomination, Trump has fulfilled his pledge to replace the late justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg…
Charges of media bias are nothing new, though they've gotten louder since 2016, led by President Trump. But a press…
Debt-free property ownership is no longer a requirement for voting rights, but the idea remains that a person must have…
Presidential pollsters in the US have had some embarrassing failures. Here's a catalog of those miscalls, from the scholar…
With several senators testing positive for the coronavirus, and many older than 65, political scientists look at 1954, when…
The seemingly different debate styles of President Trump and Vice President Pence are examples of the same thing, what a…
Some 44,000 people – about one-hundredth of 1% of the US population -- have given $10,000 or more each to this election.…
Strangers used to call and stop by; now the most effective way to get people to vote involves getting groups of friends…
A scholar of militia movements describes the 'peculiar' -- and erroneous -- principles that right-wing militias…
In the 1860's, the Supreme Court was a 'partisan creature' and President Lincoln and the Republican Party remade…
Much remains unknown so far about an alleged plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, but five themes will remain…
Two Lumbee scholars who have mined local archives in search of tribal history raise the profound question: Who has the rights…