Amid a swirl of high-stakes political standoffs from Sacramento to Washington, the future of U.S. politics and democracy has ...

Shutdowns are terrible,” House Minority Whip Katherine Clark (D-MA) admitted several times in an October television interview ...

No one doubts that the US is a politically and culturally divided nation. Contrary to much of public opinion, politicians ...

Washington, D.C., is Hollywood for ugly people. That old joke is the best description of our failing politics, as the seat of ...

Introducing WIRED’s 2025 Political Power Users—the creators, podcasters, and pundits who will blow up the next electoral era.

Political messaging can be seen everywhere in American media in 2025. It’s seen in apocalyptic thrillers, teen dramas and ...

The US government shutdown, now a month old, has crippled public services, hurt millions of workers, and stalled the economy ...

The poll results identify five distinct types of independents, with big implications for American politics. As party loyalty fades and the definition of that elusive swing voter shifts, elections are ...

The U.S. is experiencing significant political division following the 2024 presidential election, raising concerns about a potential civil war. Unlike the Civil War of the 1860s, a modern conflict ...

June Lockhart, a popular actress of the 1950s and ’60s known for her roles in “Lost In Space,” “Lassie” and “Meet Me in St. Louis,” died of natural causes on Oct. 23 in Santa Monica, Calif. She was ...