Offhand remarks that vary from the official talking points have become a feature of the Biden presidency, even as they leave his staff scrambling to spin them away afterward. Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have
Splitting 6 to 3, the justices ruled that federal courts may not hold evidentiary hearings in suits from state prisoners claiming ineffective assistance of counsel. Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have
Republicans argued that their new election law was not suppressing votes. Democrats said voters were simply overcoming new hurdles. Ultimately, it is too early to draw firm conclusions. Alexis Hill, a canvasser with the voting rights group the New Georgia…
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This is the end of the journey, but not the end of the story. Citizens approved their recommendations in the context of the Conference on the Future of Europe (COFOE), the first EU deliberative democracy experiment where ordinary citizens took…
Greece said on Monday (23 May) it had prevented around 600 migrants from crossing the Aegean into its territorial waters from neighbouring Turkey, in the largest attempted entry this year. A spokesman for the Greek coastguard said five sail boats…
Viktor Orban, masked, at a previous EU summit. Under his leadership, Fidesz has embarked on a decade-long effort to chafe at democratic norms, such as judicial independence, minority rights, and freedom of expression and association (Photo: Council of the European…
Senior US politicians, like Nancy Pelosi and Rich Neale, have repeatedly warned that if Boris Johnson backs the DUP and abrogates the EU-UK withdrawal treaties, the chances of a UK-US trade deal are dead (Photo: Council of the European Union)…
Jonathan F. Mitchell, who helped draft Texas’ six-week abortion ban, has turned his attention to Harvard’s race-conscious admissions program. Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have
A runoff election in heavily Hispanic South Texas is revealing the party’s divisions on border issues. Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have