A rancorous year is raging to a close in apt fashion, with a prolonged burst of presidential fury, partisan dislocation in Washington and amid warnings that America’s very soul is under threat.

But in 2019, a number of stories and issues proved just how central identity politics are to this political moment. Here are the ones we’ll most remember from the year.

Politics The Stories That Really Mattered in 2019 This was the year the Republican Party became Donald Trump’s creature.

This week's political roundup brings us the most underrated stories of 2019 and a look forward to 2020. NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with David Brooks of The New York Times and Jason Johnson of The Root.

The first half of the year was marked by cooperation in the Texas Legislature. The second half was dominated by scandal. All the while, the specter of 2020 loomed.

Tragedies, protests and big changes in politics shaped 2019 At left, the steeple of Paris’ Notre Dame Cathedral collapses as it is engulfed in flames in April.

The public renders a harsh judgment on the state of political discourse in this country. And for many Americans, their own conversations about politics have become stressful experiences that they ...

Sixty percent of Americans are optimistic about next year according to a new poll form PBS NewsHour, NPR and Marist, while 37 percent said they were generally more pessimistic about 2019.

Democrats now in charge of the House of Representatives have put the dangers of global warming back on the front burner. The select committee on climate change has been revived, and progressives ...

Mostly about politics — ancient and modern A s the decade comes to a close, I would like to thank National Review for giving me the opportunity to put forward this annual list of books that you ...