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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 …
Tom Porter
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Boris Johnson is trying to 'rig democracy' with a new bill that would weaken the independence of the elections watchdog, critics say
The Elections Bill would let ministers set policy for the Electoral Commission, threatening its ind…
Henry Dyer
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China warns Biden that inviting Taiwan to his democracy summit is a 'mistake' after Xi told him he was 'playing with fire'
Biden has made boosting democracy worldwide a major goal and invited the democratically governed is…
John Haltiwanger
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A GOP senator said 'rank democracy' is bad for America at a time when Trump is behaving like an authoritarian
The GOP senator is an ally of a president who has rapidly eroded democratic norms during his tenure…
John Haltiwanger
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Biden's step toward allowing student loan discharge in bankruptcy is 'a step in the right direction,' director of new student loan documentary says, but 'the devil is always in the details'
Blake Zeff's new documentary "Loan Wolves" examines a clause in federal law that prevents student l…
Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert
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Trump keeps promising a coronavirus relief package will be passed after the election — but Democrats say they are still far apart on a stimulus deal
Many differences remain between the White House and Democrats on federal unemployment benefits, tax…
Joseph Zeballos-Roig
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Arrest Trump. He directly incited violence.
The First Amendment protects the right to express horrible things. But President Donald Trump cross…
Anthony L. Fisher
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Hillary Clinton's undelivered 2016 victory speech spoke directly to Trump supporters: 'I will always strive to be a President for all Americans'
If she had won, Clinton planned on urging Trump voters to find "common ground" with her supporters,…
Erin Snodgrass
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The world's largest democracy is heading toward modern-day fascism
On December 11, India's parliament passed an amendment to its Citizenship Act of 1955, which sets o…
Rosie Perper,Rosie Perper
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Trump advisors are 'worn out' by the president's desperate efforts to subvert democracy and 'looking forward' to the end, report says
The New York Times described Trump's final days in office as "bleak endeavors" where staffers who b…
Grace Panetta
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People are gobbling up USPS merch, hoping capitalism will help save the democracy. Spoiler alert: It won't.
A campaign is afoot to save the post office — or the election. But as Barack Obama just said, democ…
Dominic-Madori Davis,Nick Lic…
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Pro-democracy protesters in Thailand are daring to challenge the untouchable monarchy, and mocking their king who is hiding away in Germany
Thailand has strict lèse-majesté laws, which make it illegal to insult or threaten the monarchy. Cr…
Bill Bostock
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A Capitol riot defendant wants to subpoena Trump to testify as a witness in his trial, arguing he acted on the direction of the former president
His lawyer said he expects Trump's testimony to show he deceived the public "into believing that Am…
Kelsey Vlamis
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53 pro-democracy activists, including an American lawyer, arrested in Hong Kong in the city's biggest crackdown yet under China's severe security law
They were arrested in early-morning raids on Wednesday under China's draconian national security la…
Ashley Collman
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Pelosi says it's 'almost not worth' impeaching Trump, but that the Constitution and democracy 'is worth it'
While the White House's notes on the call showed that Trump did not directly mention offering aid i…
Sonam Sheth
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Other countries could still influence the US election without interfering directly
Trump might point to a foreign crisis as another reason, added to uncertainty at home, he needs to …
Paul R. Pillar, Responsible S…
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'You cannot, at the same time, love America and hate democracy': Sen. Chris Murphy rips into GOP colleagues supporting Trump's failed efforts to overturn election
"This is a party that has a whole bunch of enemies of democracy inside its top ranks. That's bone-c…
Azmi Haroun
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The insurrection on Capitol Hill directly descends from the legacy of the Brooks Brothers riot and Bush v. Gore
The Brooks Brothers riot in 2000 created a new blueprint for electoral disputes that deployed viole…
Grace Panetta
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EU Commissioner Vestager slammed Mark Zuckerberg for allowing lies in political ads: That's not democracy, it's 'manipulation'
She said the democratic world has already, long-ago, hashed out the rules over political speech