In the days following the murder of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, President Donald Trump and others in his circle have portrayed political violence as a problem exclusively or mostly on the left ...

American democracy seems to be falling into an ever greater crisis. A lottocratic system, in which citizens are randomly ...

Section 1. Domestic Terrorism and Organized Political Violence. Heinous assassinations and other acts of political violence in the United States have dramatically increased in recent years. Even in ...

Across the country – and across the political spectrum – Americans see politically motivated violence as on the rise in the United States. How we did this Pew Research Center conducted this study to ...

Few developments have mattered so much, for so many people, as the global rise of democracy. Three hundred years ago, virtually no one lived in a democracy. As recently as the 1940s, at the darkest ...

Three in 10 people now say that Americans may have to resort to violence to get the country back on track, according to a new NPR/PBS News/Marist poll. To be sure, a strong majority disagree with that ...

Shutdown ends after 43 days, longest in US history Fight over health subsidies unresolved Shutdown hurts economy, delays $50 billion in spending Nov 13 (Reuters) - The U.S. government is due to lumber ...

A new Times/Siena survey shows a significant shift among voters, as their concerns about the health of the political system overtake other issues. Voters who think America’s political system ... 100% ...

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