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"What was threatened, we fortified. What was attacked, the indomitable spirit, has never, ever wavered."

"We're starting to allow people to call into question our commitment to those principles. And that's a shame."

Biden has repeatedly hammered the theme of Republican extremism in recent weeks as midterm elections loom

PM hails longest-reigning monarch as ‘champion of freedom and democracy’ around the world

Biden's generosity is admirable — but this is the moment to confront the fascists and defeat them forever

America’s most recent defense secretaries and military chiefs united behind a bold and unprecedented initiative this past week, hoping to prevent our democracy from being shattered by a future president who ignites a full-blown coup.

In August, a New York Times report revealed that Marble Freedom Trust, one of far-right political powerbroker Leonard Leo’s nonprofits, received a jaw-dropping $1.6 billion contribution from secretive industrialist and conservative mega-donor Barre Seid. It was the largest single contribution ever given to a nonprofit focused on politics. While Seid…

The notion of states as "laboratories of democracy" is generally credited to Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis.

TIMING is everything in the entertainment business. So naturally Newcastle psych rockers Well? were ecstatic when news broke that former prime minister Scott Morrison secretly granted himself five portfolios just as they announced their new single. Who's Gonna Judge You Now? is released on Friday and sees the five-piece of…