Homeland Security aims to combine its face and fingerprint systems into one big biometric platform—after dismantling centralized privacy reviews and key limits on face recognition.

This animated time lapse traces the global evolution of democracy over two centuries, revealing how systems of government have expanded, collapsed, and transformed. It offers a sweeping visual account ...

Few Americans today realize that until the passage of the 17th Amendment in 1913, US senators were appointed by their state ...

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser says the city is working to address the massive Potomac River sewage spill while ensuring District residents aren’t stuck with the repair bill. She emphasized that D.C.

It has to be a well-coordinated approach. One of the challenges is multiple agencies are involved…everyone has to be on the ...

In the battle for Congress, redistricting has become all the rage in America. Here’s how other nations handle this issue ...

The government has begun construction of a multibillion-dollar detention camp system in the newest phase of Stephen Miller’s mass deportation strategy.

When people in 25 countries were asked what makes them proud of their country, at least some cited their political system and economy.

“It appears to me, then, little short of a miracle, that the Delegates from so many different States … should unite in forming a system of national Government…” – George Washington, Letter to the ...

This guide provides a comprehensive overview of political term limits for heads of state and government across the world, broken down by continent. By examining these systems, we can gain a better ...

This article appears in the March 2026 print edition with the headline “How America Got So Sick.” ...