Most citizens are optimistic about the country's overall economic growth this year and have greater confidence in some key institutions, with the armed forces topping the list in the period of the ...

The public is split – including along partisan lines – in assessments of JD Vance, top Trump appointees and most leaders in the new Congress.

As Trump returns to the White House, Republicans are upbeat about Trump’s actions and agenda, but Democrats find little to ...

There is now a 30% chance of intense rain between Feb. 12 and 15 in Los Angeles, Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo ...

The first two weeks of the Trump administration have brought dramatic proposals and unprecedented changes to the government. Our new series, On Democracy, is taking a step back to look at big ...

Two contemporaries born in the 18th century provide reasons for guarded optimism about 21st-century U.S. politics. Democrats ...

Charlie Health reveals data-backed findings about the growing emotional toll of political stress and its impact on family ...

Politics today is performance, and memes are its loudest cheerleaders—spreading fast, shaping beliefs, and signaling identity ...

Many Democrats appear to be switching off mainstream news channels and other media, following Donald Trump's victory in the ...

An apolitical bureaucracy run by public servants who respect the law is one of the greatest achievements a society can attain ...

Many of Trump’s executive orders mirror plans laid out in Project 2025, a conservative policy plan developed in part by the ...

Millions of people from the poor world are trying to cross seas, forests, valleys and rivers, in search of safety, work and ...