A consensus opinion has emerged about President Donald Trump’s victory in the 2024 election: Disengaged voters were critical.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has said it will continue to administer WIC as funds allow, but Georgia Machell, president and CEO of the National WIC Association, said the program is critically low on funds given this shutdown's timing at the end of the fiscal year on Tuesday.

Experts on political violence said the factors shaping the current moment are clear — and similar to those that shaped past periods of political violence.

The federal government shutdown — and the escalating battle over which party bears the most blame — has injected a major new question mark into the governor’s race in Virginia, home to hundreds of thousands of federal workers.

Scores of diplomats walked out of the United Nations as a world leader began to speak in a dramatic sign of the country’s isolation. Welcome to our coverage of politics in the United States.

My friend’s country was decimated during WWII, and my parents’ generation did not stand idly by. They fought to free his ancestors and to help rebuild his nation, which is what I would do if this were happening to his country now.

Most on the U.S. left, while decrying Kirk's murder, do not see him as a martyr. They view him as a polarizing figure, as he divided public opinion with remarks about Black Americans, LGBTQ communities, Muslims and immigrants.