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The Trump administration has made no secret of its desire to upend the Department of Education as it currently functions. It plans to lay off at least half of the department's workforce, more than ...

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Democracy is backsliding. Valery Perry joins us to discuss threats abroad—and here at home. With one in three global elections contested and turnout falling, democracy is in retreat. Valery Perry, ...

Mr. Dionne is a contributing Opinion writer. Politics are often distorted by arguments rooted in false choices. It’s hard to find a better example than the one Democrats keep wrestling with: Should ...

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As we watch our democracy being chipped away, it appears there is no one telling Donald Trump, “No.” Every new executive order ramps up the takeover Trump has planned. He is micromanaging the ...

A rousing defense of public education as the cornerstone of American democracy, by the woman attacked by the far right as "the most dangerous person in the world" Attacks on schools and teachers have ...

The EU's new political advertising regulations, which come into force in October 2025, resulted in Meta and Google platforms choosing to discontinue political and social advertising throughout Europe.

On Oct. 25, 2023, Rep. Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, stood before his colleagues and the world in the well of the U.S. House of Representatives. It was his first speech since his unlikely rise from ...