Politics

Most people watching the first big presidential debate will do so on television, but for a fast-increasing number, it's far from the only primary source.

Cries of politics haunt past election-year decisions on monetary policy.

Do the Republican and Democratic conventions have an impact on Election Day?

Fact-checking is a growing industry, but does it pay off?

Mitt Romney is scheduled to accept the GOP nomination tonight. We travel to Florida's I-4 corridor to take the pulse of voters living in "The Real Economy."

Former Republican staff member Mike Lofgren explains how money has taken over the political system in America and what we can do about it.

Teach for America is tapping its nationwide network of alumni to recruit candidates for public office -- so much so that in one Tennessee race, two TFA alums are squaring off against one another.

Even after the Supreme Court announced its decision on the Affordable Care Act yesterday, many outspoken critics of the law remain. We talk to Senator Rand Paul on why he believes the law is unconstitutional.

By taking a note from our neighbors in Great Britain. Freakonomics' Stephen Dubner explains why he thinks U.S. Congress should borrow the U.K. tradition of the Prime Minister's Question Time.