Americans’ engagement with others is not one-dimensional. Instead, they sort into four distinct groups that reflect different patterns of participation in society.

The central conclusion is that Americans still believe in the promise of the American founding, but they are uncertain whether the country is living up to it.

Our typology sorts the public into nine groups based on their political and cultural values, not their party – painting a picture of American politics with far more than two colors.

Threatening European allies to further tax American citizens is unlikely to persuade them to surrender Greenland to the United States.

As the U.S. dollar weakened in 2025, we show the appreciation of several currencies against the U.S. dollar in a highly unpredictable year.

Bob Carr says Trump foreign policy presents a ‘colossal challenge’ for Australia and Gareth Evans says the Aukus pact should be reconsidered

The cost of the politics of this era will be felt long after Trump is gone.

New leadership claims former allies are trying to repurpose $160m in NRA Foundation donations for personal gain

The Justice Department has touted the arrest, but he might still walk free.

Even if oil was Trump's primary rationale for the invasion, asking companies to fix Venezuela for him is not so simple.

The administration has made it clear that Nicolás Maduro's capture was tied to Venezuela’s vast oil reserves. Much less certain is how US companies will actually access them—or if they even want to.

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Beyond the clichés, Jeff Colyer offered little in the way of substantive policy solutions to Kansas problems, most notably education.

The Trump tariff case before the Supreme Court could force Chief Justice John Roberts to confront his own precedent.

Advocates are questioning why so many applicants from the flood-ravaged county have not received federal disaster help. Nonprofits are trying to fill in the gaps.

Grand juries have declined to indict numerous times when Trump's prosecutors have brought excessive charges.

Vice-president downplays messages such as ‘I love Hitler’ in chat by 24 to 35-year-olds to ‘stupid jokes’

The Trump administration’s National Guard deployments are highly inefficient.

Follow our presidential approval rating poll tracker to see how favourably Americans view Mr Trump

The White House has targeted opponents, including a Fed governor, for having more than one primary residence on their loan papers. ProPublica found that, in one case, a Trump cabinet secretary got two...

A POLITICO analysis of DOGE data reveals the organization saved less than 5 percent of its claimed savings from nearly 10,100 contract terminations.

An investigation by ProPublica and The Texas Tribune found more than 60 instances of nepotism, self-dealing and conflicts of interest among 27 private schools that likely would have violated state law...

Revealed: records show border patrol gave inaccurate testimony about people it jailed. Prosecutors now face ‘embarrassing’ dismissals

Most of those voters are in Harris County, home to Houston. Noncitizen voting is illegal and documented instances are rare.

James Comer has used a digital signature on documents throughout his investigation into Biden’s use of an autopen

As the public scrutinizes parts of the Hill Country for a lack of sirens during the July 4 floods, Crockett turned its own tragedy into preparedness.