After Charlie Kirk’s assassination, Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill expressed extreme concern for the state of political discourse in the country.

Political violence is hardly unprecedented in the United States. In fact, the country has “a long, dark history” of violence that has “struck the highest level of American politics,” said Kevin Boyle, a Northwestern University historian.

To better understand if and how to quell this surge, POLITICO Magazine reached out to political violence experts, both in the U.S. and abroad, many of whom have for some time been sounding an alarm around the trend of increased violence.

Center your political conversations on why your ideas are good, or why your legislation works, or why your political party will bring prosperity to America. Spend less time on why competing ideas, people, and parties are bad.

The billionaire has sought to maintain ties with Vice President JD Vance, a potential heir to Donald Trump’s MAGA political movement.

O regon state Rep. Cyrus Javadi is leaving the Republican Party and running for reelection as a Democrat, citing his gay son and Republican book-banning efforts as some of many reasons he is finished with the party he “once called home.”

"I cannot sustainably continue in a system that demands I betray either my values or my family," she said in a personal letter.

On the campaign trail in 2023, Donald Trump laid out a promise that may have gone unnoticed by the public: a grand celebration for the nation’s 250th birthday in 2026 that would evoke monumental world’s fairs from centuries past.