The Senate on Thursday passed an amendment to the 2026 Electoral Act Bill, seeking to establish a clearer legal framework for the handling of pre-election disputes ahead of the next general elections.

As Republicans destroy historic Black-majority House districts in the South, they are being compared with segregationists ...

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The EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy conducts the EU’s common foreign and security policy, presides over the Foreign Affairs Council, builds consensus between the EU ...

AI is changing what it means to be a democratic citizen. Here’s how we can harness it for good. Every few centuries, changes ...

Is the US a democracy or a republic? That’s a misleading question, writes a historian of early America. The values of ...

The health of America’s democracy declined in 2025, according to new evaluations from organizations that have long tracked how well democracies around the world are working. Source: Pew Research ...

The third-term Republican lawmaker is accused of coercing a staff member into a sexual relationship. By J. David Goodman Representative Tony Gonzales, a Texas Republican accused of having a coercive ...

Around the world, democracy as a system of government is backsliding. After more than 50 years of liberal democracy in ascendancy, democratic progress plateaued around the turn of the century and is ...

The ideals of democracy are at the core of our shared values and national identity. This resource examines our democratic values as a step in understanding our politics, government and country today.

EIU grades 167 countries out of ten according to the state of their democracy, and sorts them into four camps: full and flawed democracies, and hybrid and authoritarian regimes. By that measure, ...