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WASHINGTON (AP) — At a time when many Americans say they’re struggling to distinguish between fact and fiction, the country is broadly skeptical that facts underlie some of the basic mechanisms of democracy in the United States — from political campaigns to voting choices to the policy decisions made by elected officials.

A meager 9% of Americans believe that campaign messages are

The New York Times published an article Sunday evening analyzing several years of tax returns filed by President Donald Trump. This illegal leak of the president’s tax returns revealed nothing we didn’t already know about the Trump business hydra: It is complicated, has a lot of expenses that generate tax deductions, and hires very smart tax advisers to make the whole thing work with as low a

President Barack Obama's decision to exclude from his budget a Republican-backed change to Social Security sent the latest signal that both parties are shifting away from making policy concessions in favor of a do-no-harm strategy aimed at unifying their bases ahead of the November elections.

Although the midterms are still 8 1/2 months away, the prospects for enacting significant, new

There is talk among Republicans, and some trepidation among Democrats, that Donald J. Trump could benefit from a silent vote. Although these voters aren’t captured by polls, the privacy of a voting booth or a mail-in ballot will allow them to vent their anger and resentments.

The theory holds that in some circles it’s not respectable to publicly support the inflammatory candidate, but