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President Joe Biden is correct to blame Congress for the political stalemate blocking action on bills to address urgent issues such as climate change and abortion rights — action that most Americans want to see. But no amount of complaining about Republican obstinacy and Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin’s swing-vote ambivalence…

The U.S. State Department has named 60 current and former officials, as well as some corporate figures in its latest list of people suspected of corruption or undermining democracy in four Central American countries

European Parliament Vice President Nicola Beer has met with Taiwan's leader Tsai Ing-wen and called for China to open a “mutual and respectful dialogue" with the self-governing island democracy it claims as its own territory

As mistrust and alienation from democratic institutions peaks, researchers explore how willing Americans are to commit violence

The country’s draft Constitution is an example of a framework for an enduring and egalitarian democracy

Unlike their counterparts in the U.K., MPs in India have no autonomy to question and challenge their party leadership

We can condemn the actions of Moscow without forfeiting the right to point out missteps in Kyiv.

Deep within the Northern Ireland protocol bill, ministers are making a sinister grab for yet more unchecked powers, says transparency campaigner Gina Miller

Europe must support Taiwan's democracy, a senior EU lawmaker said Tuesday at the start of a trip to the island, citing both Russia's invasion of Ukraine and China's crackdown in Hong Kong.