Agency’s failure to prevent the attack on Donald Trump is drawing scrutiny. It shields officials and families, but also probes financial crimes.

The workplace has become an increasingly challenging place to discuss politics openly, honestly and civilly. The Society for Human Resource Management has tips to help.

There’s a persistent partisan gap in consumer sentiment polling.

Yields on the 10-year Treasury note rose after the recent debate on the idea that a Trump election win could boost inflation.

Social Security has been known as “the third rail of American politics” since the early 1980s, with the idea that touching the program can prove deadly to a politician’s career.

Joshua Scacco, professor of political communication and director of the Center for Sustainable Democracy at the University of South Florida, says presidents have always had to adapt to new platforms like radio, cable TV and modern-day social media.

Federal campaigns get much of the spotlight, but state and local races can be as consequential for residents’ lives. Funders know that.

Roberta Braga, executive director of the Digital Democracy Institute of the Americas, discusses the history of Spanish-language disinformation online.

From the BBC World Service: A look at what the results of Mexico and South Africa’s elections will mean for their economies.

Marketplace’s Lily Jamali and Kimberly Adams discuss the do’s and don’ts of talking to friends and family about election-related misinformation.