Management

The Gun-Control Rift Exposed by Obama

Voter bases at odds on guns are likely to see their parties ramp up rhetoric on the issue in 2016.

Oversight

Americans Remain Split Over Obama

Views of the president are tightly correlated with voters' assessments of their own financial prospects.

Oversight

Obama's Recent Bold Actions Shape the Contest for 2016

The verdict on Obama unbound will pivot on whether his initiatives improve or diminish the chances of a Democrat succeeding him in 2016.

Management

Amid Stagnant Incomes, Work and Family Are Increasingly at Odds

In the current economy, Americans find they have to choose between succeeding at work or spending time with family.

Oversight

Obama's Immigration Choices Will Define the Fate of Both Parties

Republican presidential contenders could face a difficult choice between infuriating primary voters and permanently alienating Hispanic voters.

Management

Why It's Increasingly Difficult for Anyone to Be President of the Entire United States

Structural forces are making it hard for any leader to function as more than 'the president of half of America.'

Oversight

Why Democrats Are So Confident

Republicans are trending against a growing cultural majority, while Democrats are in tune with it.

Management

Here's How Obama Can Go It Alone

The biggest problems can't be solved with simple, unilateral solutions. But that doesn't mean he's powerless.

Oversight

Why the Senate Will Only Get More Polarized

As party-line voting between presidential and congressional races steadily increases, so will gridlock.

Management

As America Celebrates Its Creation, Our Common Ground Is Disappearing

Even on a day set aside to celebrate the nation's unity, confrontation and separation are increasingly the norm.

Management

How USAID Is Making a Bigger Difference With Less Money

By coordinating and deepening cash flows from outside donors, the agency is magnifying its impact.

Oversight

Analysis: How the White House Scandals Could Hurt Republicans, Too

The IRS and Benghazi affairs threaten the GOP's shot at the presidency.

Management

How Washington Ruined Governors

State capitals increasingly imitate the national parties.

Defense

Public favors gays in military, not weddings

Half of Americans back House-passed legislation to bar same-sex weddings on military bases.

Oversight

GOP's managerial wing picks its man -- Romney

Newt Gingrich's ringing declarations to shutter federal departments may not be enough to help him overtake the Republican front-runner in South Carolina.

News

Bill Clinton urges Obama not to 'blink' in debt deal talks

If GOP won't raise revenue for debt ceiling deal, the former president says, Obama should pursue a short-term agreement.

Oversight

Ryan 'relatively optimistic' about debt-ceiling agreement before August

Plan will likely establish a process to reduce national deficit, he says.

Oversight

One for the Books

The last Congress will enter the history books for the magnitude of both its political losses and its legislative victories.

Oversight

Disenchanted Dems

The president's grades have fallen, in some cases faster, among groups that supported him in 2008.

Oversight

Collapse In Confidence

The deep alienation Americans feel toward their public and private leadership isn't likely to go away when the economy improves.