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The UK might see an “AI candidate” this general election — here’s how that will work
AI Steve is an artificial intelligence candidate created by entrepreneur Steve Endacott to run for …
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Biden campaign calls Meta's reinstatement of Trump accounts 'a direct attack on our safety and our democracy'
Meta rolled back January 6-era restrictions on former President Donald Trump's social media account…
Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert
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Biden says the fight for democracy is bigger than him, so he decided to 'pass the torch' to Harris
Joe Biden stayed true to his belief that the US is facing a pivotal moment in deciding the nation's…
Brent D. Griffiths
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Elon Musk says he's not giving Trump $45 million. But that it was even a possibility underscores democracy's biggest problem: money.
Even if Musk's huge donations aren't happening, the fact that it would even be possible raised rene…
Katie Balevic
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Zelenskyy says Americans 'aren't funding' war in Ukraine; they are 'protecting democracy'
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday it is important to support Ukraine because it pre…
Katie Balevic
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Biden's opaque new weapons deal with Israel violates his own directive on arms transfers, critics say
The US has transferred $320 million in weapons to Israel as its bombardment of Gaza draws war crime…
Tom Porter
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America's obsession with secret societies is a mainstay of our democracy and it resurfaces whenever there's a renewed push for civil rights, the author of a new book says
Colin Dickey, author of "Under the Eye of Power," told Insider that belief in secret societies incr…
Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert
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Xi Jinping says China has consulted millions of citizens about its government as part of a 'whole-process democracy' that Beijing claims is better than the West's
While Xi claimed that 8.54 million opinions had been gathered, it's unclear if the views accurately…
Matthew Loh
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Trump might have to be prosecuted to save American democracy, an expert on authoritarianism argues
NYU historian Ruth Ben-Ghiat spoke to Insider about the ongoing threat to democracy posed by Januar…
Charles R. Davis
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Mitt Romney keeps in his Senate office a chart displaying 4,000 years of world history that he says shows the fragility of democracy
The US is "really the only significant experiment in democracy," Romney told donors at a fundraiser…
Grace Panetta
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Twitter whistleblower who foresaw the violence of Jan. 6 reveals her identity with an omen for the future of US democracy
Anika Collier Navaroli, a former policy expert on Twitter's content moderation rules team, told The…
Lloyd Lee
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The US became a 'backsliding democracy' in 2020 and 'fell victim to authoritarian tendencies': report
The report raised particular concerns about anti-democratic behavior by Donald Trump, warning of "s…
John Haltiwanger
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China says it's running on a new version of democracy that doesn't rely on elections. Experts say it's just another mind game.
China said it had asked 8.54 million people how they feel the country should be run, but experts qu…
Matthew Loh
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Building a new-age agency through democracy and empathy
Dheeraj Sinha of Leo Burnett writes about some of the biggest leadership lessons he's learnt during…
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The GOP has proven to be an even 'greater threat' to US democracy than Trump in 2021, experts warn
Democracy experts are sounding the alarm as Republican-led legislatures nationwide take extraordina…
John Haltiwanger
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Several lawmakers want to ban themselves from trading stocks, calling the appearance of self-dealing 'pretty dangerous to democracy'
A growing number of bills to halt stock-trading by lawmakers have been proposed, and some include f…
Bryan Metzger
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A Silicon Valley investor says Elon Musk's move to abruptly suspend journalists on Twitter is 'a direct attack' by the CEO 'on journalism'
"What Elon Musk really wants is a soap opera in which he is the star and the only actor that matter…
Taylor Ardrey
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Myanmar blocks access to Twitter and Instagram in wake of military coup
In the wake of the military coup, Myanmar has blocked access to micro-blogging platform Twitter and…
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Yale history professor Timothy Snyder told Insider he fears American democracy may not survive another Trump campaign
Author and historian Timothy Snyder thinks the 2024 campaign could end with the loser claiming powe…
Charles Davis
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The Electoral College is meeting to elect Biden as president, effectively ending Trump's bid to subvert the election
Monday's meeting is a formality, but President Donald Trump's bid to overturn the election results …