United States Politics and Government

October 31, 2020

The Election Work Diary of a Reporter With 2.5 Million Subscribers

Peter Hamby has found a way to be a political journalist for a new generation. After covering two presidential campaigns at CNN, he made an unusual […]
October 15, 2020

Amy Coney Barrett's Confirmation Hearing Style: What It Means

Almost as soon as Judge Amy Coney Barrett stepped onto the public stage at the largely unmasked Rose Garden ceremony in which President Trump introduced her […]
October 12, 2020

Young People Are Stepping Up to Be Poll Workers

WASHINGTON — During the Wisconsin primary in April, Jacob Major, a high school student, noticed how the line for one of Milwaukee’s five polling locations dragged […]
October 8, 2020

When a Fly Ruins Your Image

It was the accessory that stole the evening. Not the discreet strand of pearls and matching earrings worn by Senator Kamala Harris or the glowing Reagan […]
September 4, 2020

Overlooked No More: Before Kamala Harris, There Was Charlotta Bass

This article is part of Overlooked, a series of obituaries about remarkable people whose deaths, beginning in 1851, went unreported in The Times. When Kamala Harris […]
August 29, 2020

Splaining How Government Works to Young Voters

Name: Ben Sheehan Age: 35 Hometown: Washington, D.C. Now Lives: In a two-bedroom condo in the Hancock Park section of Los Angeles, with his fiancée, Jackie, […]
August 28, 2020

About Melania Trump's Lime Green Dress and Ivanka Trump in Black

It ended with a spectacle, there is no doubt. A panoply of Trumps, arrayed on a makeshift stage created on the South Lawn of the White […]
August 28, 2020

The 2020 Party Conventions Gave New Meaning to Political Theater

The largely virtual format of the Republican and Democratic national conventions meant that even more than usual, the messages were embedded within the visual presentation. Here […]
August 28, 2020

About Melania Trump's Lime Green Dress and Ivanka Trump in Black

It ended with a spectacle, there is no doubt. A panoply of Trumps, arrayed on a makeshift stage created on the South Lawn of the White […]
August 26, 2020

Melania Trump, Dressed for Battle. But Which One?

On the second night of the Republican National Convention, Melania Trump came dressed for battle. She strode alone down the white-pillared colonnade of the White House […]