Love it or hate it, the USA is an important nation that gets a lot of attention from the world...and a lot of questions from our users. Every single day /r/NoStupidQuestions gets dozens of questions about the Presidency, American elections, the Supreme Court, Congress, Mitch McConnell, political scandals and protests. By request, we now have a monthly megathread to collect all those questions in one convenient spot!

January 29 update: With the flood of questions about the Stock Market, we're consolidating this megathread with the Covid one. Please post all your questions about either the Pandemic or American politics and government here as a top level reply.

Top level comments are still subject to the normal NoStupidQuestions rules:

• We get a lot of repeats - please search here before you ask your question. You can also search earlier megathreads!
• Be polite and civil to each other - which includes not discriminating against any group of people or using slurs of any kind. Politics is divisive enough without adding fuel to the fire!
• Top level comments must be genuine questions, not disguised rants or loaded questions.
• Keep your questions tasteful and legal.

Craving more discussion than you can find here? Check out /r/politicaldiscussion and /r/neutralpolitics.