While 68% see the death penalty as morally justified for those committing murder, 59% say it doesn’t deter serious crimes – and there are wide partisan gaps on both questions. Mexican President ...

This Pew Research Center study goes beyond Americans’ partisan attachments and vote choices to explore the values and attitudes that underlie the political landscape and the Republican and Democratic ...

Political risk has rapidly become a top-three corporate threat, directly impacting business operations and converging with issues like cyberattacks. Despite early warnings, a new report indicates most ...

Threats and violent acts have become part of the political landscape, still shocking but somehow not so surprising. By Lisa Lerer The statements of shock and condolences streamed in eerily one after ...

Two assassination attempts on President Trump. The assassination of a Minnesota state lawmaker and her husband and the wounding of others. The shooting death of a top healthcare executive. The killing ...

Charlie Kirk’s assassination fits into American history. How does it fit into our politics? Credit...Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images Supported by By Jia Lynn Yang Jia Lynn Yang, a former national editor, ...

You would be forgiven for not knowing which lesson, exactly, Americans ought to take from the bloody morning of September 13, 1859. On that day, in the mouth of a clearing by Lake Merced, in the hills ...

Political actors either surrender or compete unequally for these powers with the owners and administrators of platforms. Network-making power represents the ability to determine network shape and ...

Five years ago, supporters of President Donald Trump violently stormed the US Capitol after he fed them lies about the 2020 election. His lawyer Rudy Giuliani had told them to engage in a “trial by ...

When people think about politics, they often imagine elections, protests or politicians arguing on TV—but what if political processes are also shaped by the small, everyday feelings and moments that ...