Amid a swirl of high-stakes political standoffs from Sacramento to Washington, the future of U.S. politics and democracy has ...

With the government shutdown days from becoming the longest ever, none of the political stakes compare to the misery of ...

Shutdowns are terrible,” House Minority Whip Katherine Clark (D-MA) admitted several times in an October television interview ...

No one doubts that the US is a politically and culturally divided nation. Contrary to much of public opinion, politicians ...

Introducing WIRED’s 2025 Political Power Users—the creators, podcasters, and pundits who will blow up the next electoral era.

Washington, D.C., is Hollywood for ugly people. That old joke is the best description of our failing politics, as the seat of ...

The poll results identify five distinct types of independents, with big implications for American politics. As party loyalty fades and the definition of that elusive swing voter shifts, elections are ...

Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., delivered a stark warning during a Monday press conference on Day 13 of the government shutdown. "We're barreling toward one of the longest shutdowns in American history ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — President Donald Trump’s comments Thursday suggesting the United States will restart its ...

Native American leaders warned senators last week that mass layoffs and potential benefit lapses are making this government shutdown more painful for their communities and insisted that the federal ...