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Father of U.S.-based activist sentenced in Hong Kong under national security law
Hong Kong Democracy Council Executive Director Anna Kwok holds a candle as she participates during a candlelight vigil to mark the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre on June 3, 2024 in Washington, DC.
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Dem AGs plot to thwart Trump election interference
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Democratic attorneys general are bracing for President Donald Trump to interfere in the midterm elections -- and war-gaming how to stop him.
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Trump's insults of Supreme Court justices 'wholly inappropriate,' says ABA
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Feb. 23 (UPI) -- Insults of U. S. Supreme Court justices by President Donald Trump are "wholly inappropriate" and undermine the rule of law in the United States, the American Bar Association said Monday, as it continues to call on the president to refrain from targeting the U.
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Bennett decries right-wing harassment of Arab Israeli journalist
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Former prime minister Naftali Bennett asserted that Israel will cease being a democratic state if journalists grow to fear criticizing the government.
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Hong Kong appeals court upholds jailing of 12 democracy campaigners
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A Hong Kong appeals court on Monday upheld the convictions and sentences of a dozen democracy campaigners jailed for subversion during the city's largest trial under a Beijing-imposed national security law.
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Jimmy Lai is risking everything for democracy. We can't ignore what China is doing
Survivor of Mao's Cultural Revolution Xi Van Fleet warns against China's influence over online audiences as the House Ways and Means Committee investigates reports of foreign adversaries on 'Fox & Friends First.
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Only a fraction of House seats are competitive. Redistricting is driving that lower
Fewer congressional contests are expected to be competitive this fall, compared with past election cycles, and experts say the extraordinary mid-decade redistricting efforts initiated by President Trump are largely to blame.
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South Korea punishes former president who thought he could unravel democracy | CNN
It took just 11 days for South Korean lawmakers to impeach former President Yoon Suk Yeol after he declared martial law and threatened to unravel decades of hard-won democracy.
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South Korea punishes former president who thought he could unravel democracy
It took just 11 days for South Korean lawmakers to impeach former President Yoon Suk Yeol after he declared martial law and threatened to unravel decades of hard-won democracy.
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Excerpt from 'The Cradle of Citizenship' by James Traub -- Harvard Gazette
Journalist blends history, on-the-ground reporting, finds answer may be civic education that goes far beyond 3 branches of government
Excerpted from "The Cradle of Citizenship: How Schools Can Help Save Our Democracy" by James Traub '76.
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Thirty years ago, the trial of another ousted leader gripped South Korea.
While sentencing Yoon to life imprisonment, presiding Judge Ji Gwi-yeon said that Mr. Yoon had "flouted legal procedures and resorted to violent means to try to incapacitate the National Assembly and undermine democratic norms.
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Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol handed life sentence for leading insurrection
Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was sentenced to life in prison Thursday after a court found him guilty of leading an insurrection during his short-lived imposition of martial law, which plunged the country into political chaos and threatened to unravel decades of democracy.
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Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol handed life sentence for leading insurrection | CNN
Seoul, South Korea --
Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was sentenced to life in prison Thursday after a court found him guilty of leading an insurrection during his short-lived imposition of martial law, which plunged the country into political chaos and threatened to unravel decades of democracy.
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Bangladesh's election represents politics as usual, and some hope for change
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The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has returned to power after winning a landslide victory in the country's recent parliamentary elections last week.
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This Is Venezuela's Moment, Not Ours | Opinion
The stunning capture of Nicol谩s Maduro by U. S. special forces last month has many pundits voicing concern. Phrases like "executive overreach," "gunboat diplomacy," and "imperialism" are making the conversation, once again, all about President Donald Trump.
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I've covered Venezuela for a decade. But this US visit was like nothing I've seen before
It is less than two months since US special forces captured Venezuela's longtime authoritarian leader Nicolas Maduro during a nighttime raid in Caracas, yet it is hard to overstate how different the South American country now feels.
