Politics & Policy

Both Florida and South Carolina reported their highest-ever daily totals for new cases. But they're not alone: The caseload is spiking across the U.S.

Vice President Mike Pence has long played the straight man to Donald Trump, translating the president's bombast into more measured, calming language.

As governments worldwide ease lockdown restrictions and lift bans on international travel, travelers will have lots of questions about how to proceed.

Republicans are objecting to the Pennsylvania Democrat’s use of power, to wearing a mask itself and to what they call confusion it's causing.

Kate Gibbs and David Richter agree on health care, Gov. Phil Murphy and the fiscal health of N.J. They disagree on which one of them should face Andy Kim.

July Fourth comes as Americans are dealing with surging cases of COVID-19 and confusion over best practices in public, especially on masks.

Amidst the weeks of protests, an old conversation has gained new traction: what do we do with our monuments to slaveholders and other problematic historical figures?

The group has recruited at least 200 former White House officials, campaign aides and Cabinet secretaries who worked under Bush to join the push against Trump.

How should the U.S. respond to reports that Russia paid bounties to Taliban militants to kill U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan?

The election-year plan backed by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other leaders is less ambitious than the sweeping Green New Deal.

Mississippi has faced increasing pressure to change its flag since protests against racial injustice have focused attention on Confederate symbols in recent weeks.

Attorneys say Montco Commissioner Joe Gale violated constituents’ free speech rights through a pattern of blocking and deleting material on social media.

Morning Edition host Jennifer Lynn talks with Montgomery County Commissioner Val Arkoosh about how the county is reopening and ramping up testing sites.

Biden stopped short of saying Trump had violated his oath of office or should face any consequences from Congress, which has already impeached him.

Recent polling in Pennsylvania shows presidential candidate Joe Biden leading President Trump. We discuss the factors influencing the state's voters.