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The threat of growing war leaves Trump looking so very small

With democracy in the balance, the press must relay the crucial importance of this election and the dangers of a Trump win

‘I thank goodness that most of the states in this country don’t allow you to put everything on the ballot,’ Rick Santorum says

Donald Trump leads President Joe Biden in the polls, controls the Republican Party and is still growing in power

Open letter from offspring of officials convicted of crimes against humanity warns that democracy is at risk in presidential election

The shabby state of British democracy was made plain by a king’s speech tailored not for the country’s needs, but the Tories’ own grubby ends, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

Here is the difference: in March 2019, as peaceful protesters in Gaza took to the streets to demonstrate against deteriorating economic conditions, Hamas responded with vicious beatings, arbitrary arrests and torture. This is how the Islamist regime routinely deals with dissidence.

With Ald. Carlos Ramirez-Rosa departing as zoning chairman and floor leader, Mayor Brandon Johnson has to select a replacement who can help the City Council function effectively and solve the city’s many challenges.

Congress MP and member of the selection committee for appointment of the Chief Information Commissioner Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury has written to President Droupadi Murmu saying he was “kept in the dark” in the selection process and that all democratic norms, customs and procedures were “thrown to the wind”. In the…