It took just a few seconds and a violent, unnecessary death to drag a snowy residential street in Minneapolis into America’s new age of political brutality.

Politics in America these days has increasingly featured unreasoned narratives, meaningless rhetoric and nonsensical drama that ignores crucial problems inhibiting actual governance. The recent record-breaking 43-day federal government shutdown is a prime example.

They go by names like @TRUMP_ARMY— or @MAGANationX, and their verified accounts proudly display portraits of President Donald Trump, voter rallies and American flags. And they’re constantly posting about U.S. politics to their followers, sounding like ...

Border agents began an immigration crackdown in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Department of Homeland Security said that Operation Catahoula Crunch would apprehend “criminal illegal aliens” who had been released from jails “thanks to sanctuary policies”.

Gerrymandering is almost as old as the US republic itself. It’s the process of drawing electoral district lines in sometimes absurd ways to fortify one political party at the expense of another. Good-government groups say that gerrymandering lets ...

Zohran Mamdani kicked off his tenure as New York City’s mayor by spotlighting the city’s Hip hop roots at his inauguration, and referencing music from New York rapper Jadakiss. MS NOW’s Ari Melber delivers a special report on music’s redeeming power in politics and the winning formula behind Mamdani’s rise.

Sign up here to receive “The US in brief” as a newsletter, each weekday, in your inbox. Indiana’s Republican-led state Senate voted 31-19 against a new ...

The Hollywood star was an unusually hands-on activist and donor, whose deep understanding of politics set him apart from other celebrities. By Katie Glueck and Adam Nagourney As he watched a young supporter of Hillary Clinton’s 2008 presidential campaign ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Four-term North Carolina Gov. Jim Hunt, a towering figure in North Carolina politics in the late 20th century who helped the Democratic Party focus nationally upon public education reform, died Thursday at the age of 88, his daughter Lt.

Trump is encouraging U.S. oil executives to invest $100 billion in Venezuela to help rebuild that country after removing its leader, Nicolas Maduro.

President Trump achieved his goal of shrinking the work force. But many current and former officials say the government is less dependable and efficient than it was a year ago.