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MIAMI — Frank Mora, a Miami native and the new U.S. ambassador to the Organization of Americas States, wants to make the organization “even more relevant” amid the “increasing erosion” of the democratic system in Latin America and the Caribbean, he told journalists on Thursday, discarding the possibility that the…

Classified documents controversy now envelops two presidents and one vice president

The mishandling of classified documents is not a problem unique to President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump

Could New Zealand descend into right-wing unreason after Ardern, like the US did after 2016?

A popular online chatbot powered by artificial intelligence is proving to be adept at creating disinformation and propaganda

As much as I’ve enjoyed my career in journalism, and the perks that have gone along with it, like playing basketball with Barack Obama, or exclusive interviews with the last three popes, I find myself thinking about the next chapter and how best to serve the public.

This month’s extended fight over the House speakership confirms once again that America’s two major parties don’t operate as mirror images of each other. While Republicans engaged in a dramatic intramural battle — complete with threats, name-calling, and even an attempted physical confrontation — Democrats behaved with relative serenity, electing…

Lessons learned from the debt ceiling standoff more than a decade ago are rippling through Washington

PHILADELPHIA — When the University of Pennsylvania launched a think tank named for Joe Biden in 2017, it didn’t just create a prestige institution tied to the man who had just left the vice president’s office.