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…
Biden and Trump are both preparing for a court battle in November. But when the Electoral College produces no clear winner,…
People typically underestimate how much white nationalism goes on in the military, but when they learn the truth, they're…
This year is seeing a high number of absentee and mail-in ballots and voting in the period before Election Day -- but early…
Amy Coney Barrett may be a woman, but Trump’s other judicial appointments are 85% white and 76% male – the least diverse…
Who belongs a heartbeat away from the president?