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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Most Americans learn as schoolchildren that our country is the greatest democracy in the world. Democracy is part of our national myth and, as such, the pretext for many of our most consequential and ...

I break down what’s at stake as the Supreme Court hears Moore v. Harper—a case that could shift the balance of power in American elections. I explain how the independent state legislature doctrine ...

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The treason trial of Tanzanian opposition leader Tundu Lissu kicked off this week in a tense atmosphere brought on by the country’s upcoming general election. It could also be a litmus test of its ...

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 ...

The assassination of Charlie Kirk in front of 3,000 people was both shocking and not surprising, given the steady escalation of political violence in America – a trend that imperils democracy in so ...

Israel’s military says it now controls 40% of Gaza City as its forces expand their assault on densely populated residential areas, including camps for displaced Palestinians. Israeli attacks so far ...

MILAN (AP) — American historian Josiah Ober, whose studies of Athenian democracy provide insights into current political crises, and U.S. immunologist Carl H. June, who works on gene-modified cell ...

MILAN (AP) — American historian Josiah Ober, whose studies of Athenian democracy provide insights into current political crises, and U.S. immunologist Carl H. June, whose work on gene-modified cell ...

Jimmy Kimmel delivers the opening monologue during the 96th Oscars in Los Angeles on March 10, 2024. On Wednesday, Kimmel was yanked off the air by ABC and his show was suspended “indefinitely.” Jack ...