When governments use AI, citizens want it to be accurate, accountable and fair, especially when police and the courts are involved blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...

Expanding mail voting in 2020 helped more people in all racial groups to vote by mail, but its effect on government trust is less clear find @maraynam.bsky.social , @atrexler.com and @profsorelle.bsky.social blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...

Winning elections can make voters more willing to excuse attacks on democracy blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...

At 250, America is a nation of exploitation, inequality, idealism and resistance blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...

The 2026 Midterms: Pro-Trump TikTok isn’t reflecting the growing splits in the MAGA coalition blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...

What the UK can teach the US about how to get disconnected youth back into work blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...

Across the US and Canada, community land trusts are climate-proofing affordable housing, but policy holds them back write @jasonspicer.bsky.social of @baruch.cuny.edu and Ruoniu (Vince) Wang of the University of Washington blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...

At the UFC 250 White House event Trump flaunted the high, not the low blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...

Listen to the new podcast from The Ballpark: Rethinking the 1990s with Professors G. John Ikenberry and Peter Trubowitz blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...

Trump’s $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization fund” was the wrong answer to a real problem write blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...

Congress, even more than the presidency, is driving the narrative that US trade policy is a security issue find @yavuzmehmet.bsky.social , Gemma Mateo and @andduer.bsky.social of @unisalzburg.bsky.social blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...

The 2026 FIFA World Cup has become another arena for Trump’s political theatre Adam Burns looks at what President Trump’s politics, including travel bans, fractured relationships with co-host nations and the threat of ICE enforcement at games, have meant for the competition @lseusablog.bsky.social

The 2026 FIFA World Cup has become another arena for Trump’s political theatre blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...

The Federal Reserve will remain in the political crosshairs writes @tdecon.bsky.social of @univofmaryland.bsky.social blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...

The 2026 Midterms: Texas’ primaries show the cracks in the state’s red foundation blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...

American pro-democracy messaging in China works as a shield, not a sword finds @hhuang.bsky.social blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...

Why the identity of top law enforcement and the mayors they work with matters for responsiveness during democratic crises blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...

What comparing Trump with FDR can tell us about one of the “worst” presidents and one of the “best” blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...

Trump’s White House alterations show how he is remaking the presidency on his terms blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...

Listen to our latest podcast: EU-China relations in the Trump era with @noahbarkin.bsky.social of @rhg.com blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...

Understanding the building blocks of recent US climate policy can offer insights for renewed climate action writes Allie Reilly of @lsegeography.bsky.social blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...

Across eighty years of the “special relationship”, the UK has generally been the junior partner to the US. Ben Clements examines the dynamic during the Cold War era, when common interests led the British public to support close cooperation with the US as UK power declined @lseusablog.bsky.social

During the Cold War common interests encouraged the British public to support the US-UK “special relationship”, even as a junior partner blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...

The Iran conflict has shattered the mythology of Trump’s effectiveness blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...

Higher minimum wages are good for workers and mean that small businesses operate more effectively find @nirupama.bsky.social of @umich.edu and Max Risch of @cmu.edu blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...

How strong mayors will influence the US midterms. Max W. Stafford @unisouthampton.bsky.social for @lseusablog.bsky.social

Who speaks for pigs? Steven McCulloch of @lseanimalsentience.bsky.social writes on the Farm Bill, Proposition 12 and capture of the US veterinary profession blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...

Donald Trump and the unmaking of Europe with Professor @nathalietocci.bsky.social of @jhu.edu | The Ballpark podcast blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...

AI-based decision-support systems play a significant role in the military targeting process in wars around the world. We need to pay attention not only to the errors these systems can make, but the errors in human judgement that can be made worse by AI. Anna Nadibaidze for @lseusablog.bsky.social

Donald Trump’s ad-hoc foreign policy approach shows he could learn lessons from past administrations about when to use military force writes @jeannesheehanzaino.bsky.social blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...

The 2026 Midterms: How strong mayors will influence the midterms blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...

Roni Berkowitz, Gadi Heimann and Zohar Kampf of @hebrewuniversity.bsky.social write on how Donald Trump has tried to make diplomacy personal blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...

Wealthy people holding power is nothing new. But why has democracy seemingly done little to address wealth inequality? Jeffrey Winters draws on his new book The Blind Spot to outline how democracy was shaped to go hand-in-hand with oligarchy @lseusablog.bsky.social @lsegovernment.bsky.social

US use of AI in the Iran conflict highlights the continuing debate around the role of people in warfare blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...

Forward looking policies are needed as AI threatens to displace large parts of the American workforce blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...

Trump’s economic agenda is testing the institutional foundations of neoliberalism, not just its policies find @thinkwoodist.bsky.social and @vapunkt.bsky.social blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...

Why young people turned away from the Democratic Party in the 2024 election blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...

How oligarchs dominate our democracies and preserve inequality blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...

China under siege: how Beijing sees the United States with Dr Yu Jie of @chathamhouse.org | The Ballpark podcast blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...

In a time of federal government inaction, state attorneys general can help America fix national issues writes former Attorney General of Maine James Tierney blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...

New post up at @lseusablog.bsky.social on the Supreme Court's ruling in Louisiana v. Callais. I argue it creates a paradox for voting rights: efforts to fix discriminatory maps may now be treated as unconstitutional. Infographic explaining the patterns: view.genially.com/69af0a9730ec...

Repeated assassination attempts against Donald Trump show how a polarized and fragmented society can spur lone offenders into political violence blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...

In striking down Louisiana’s new majority-Black district, the Supreme Court’s voting rights remedy has become a violation writes @uhackett.bsky.social of @royalholloway.bsky.social blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...

Political scientists studying democracy and autocracy think that US democracy has declined significantly finds @scottrw630.bsky.social of @ox.ac.uk blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...

Jamie Carson of @universityofga.bsky.social and @stewulrich.bsky.social of Sam Houston State University find that the “stuck electorate” of the 2024 presidential election meant small movements among groups of voters were decisive blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...

Why Trump’s “reformist” hope for Iran is a strategic mirage blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...

Very happy to share a short piece I've been working on for the LSE series on the upcoming November Midterms. blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...

Listen to Donald Trump and the future of US-EU relations with Professor @katemcnamara.bsky.social | The Ballpark podcast blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...

How the post-Cold War mistakes made by Western leaders paved the way for populism blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...

What it means if US actions during the Iran conflict may have broken international humanitarian law blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...