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Yes, he really may be prosecuted, and his 2024 prospects are fading. But the danger to democracy isn't nearly over

A massive eleventh-hour spending bill stuffed with thinly vetted backroom deals might seem proof of our political dysfunction. But the omnibus bill approved by Congress last week has democracy fans cheering — because it includes changes to presidential vote counting that could literally save our democracy. Thankfully, the old Electoral…

After a stint in opposition, Benjamin Netanyahu will return to power in Israel on Thursday, leading what analysts describe as the most right-wing government in the country's history. Senior security and law enforcement officials have already voiced concern over its direction, as have Palestinians. "It becomes for Netanyahu's partners a…

A successful democratic election in Fiji has been welcomed by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese who warned of a clash between democracy and autocracy.

Most people think democracy is something that adults do and regard the prospect of children voting as too silly to even contemplate. In the early 20th century, many democracies began (ostensibly) operating with universal suffrage, ensuring voting rights were no longer withheld from adults on the basis of wealth or…

Sir Lindsay Hoyle acknowledged that the political turmoil of the last year left Britain an international laughing stock.

British democracy ‘still struggling to recover’, says Commons speaker

Cassidy Hutchinson made an imperfect hero. But her kind of courage is crucial to protecting our fragile democracy

The human spirit yearns for freedom and rebels against a regrettably human penchant for asserting dominion over others. The COVID-19 pandemic and efforts to stem the spread of disease fed a streak of authoritarian nationalism in some nations such as Hungary and Brazil — so it’s a welcome surprise to…

Last week, the House Jan. 6 committee conducted its last hearing and issued its final report. And we’ve begun releasing the voluminous evidence gathered during the course of our investigation in the form of witness interview transcripts, exhibits, text messages, emails, videos and more.

President Tsai Ing-wen announces that compulsory military service will be extended from four months to one year, after reporting China's largest-ever incursion into the island's air defence zone.