politics


Opinion | The 'Ever-Giving' Woman: The Skewed Realm Of Organ Donation In India

In an important decision recently, the Madhya Pradesh High Court ruled that the consent of spouse is not compulsory for...

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Opinion | For Global Security, Avoid 'Double Standards'

The wars in Gaza and Ukraine have renewed old debates about Western hypocrisy. Many have argued that the West's support...

15 hours ago

Trump on trial: Personal anguish, political defiance and a loss of control

NEW YORK — For 20 minutes Donald Trump campaigned like everything was normal. He made his way down a line of cheering fa...

23 hours ago

Democrats, political figures dogpile onto Trump VP hopeful after story of animal killings

It doesn’t matter if you’re a Republican or Democrat, liberal or conservative — a growing number of elected officials an...

23 hours ago

With U.S. aid resumed, Ukraine will try to dig itself out of trouble

A long-awaited influx of U.S. weapons will help Ukraine to blunt Russia’s advance in the coming months, Biden administra...

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This electrician and union leader could be Biden’s secret weapon in Michigan

Fresh off some historic wins for the labor movement, United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain could be the man who makes...

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Former lawmakers have ideas on fixing Congress. Will anyone listen?

Their ideas ranged from a major rethinking of how the body works to symbolic changes that could be implemented next mont...

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Britain’s Conservative Party, like the U.S. Republican Party, is in turmoil

LONDON — Five years ago, Britain’s Conservative Party scored a landslide victory in a general election that contained ou...

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Senate pursues action against AI deepfakes in election campaigns

Politicians, like us all, often engage in hyperbole to make a point.But don’t doubt the alliterative precision of Sen. R...

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New evidence that criminal conviction won’t tank Trump’s candidacy

What’s going to happen, see, is that people who support Donald Trump will learn about what he said or did and walk away...

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Donald Trump’s casual disparagement of prosecutors as ‘evil’ and ‘crazy’

One of the unusual aspects of the jury selection process for Donald Trump’s criminal trial in Manhattan is that he was f...

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The dishonest — and ironic — push to blame campus protests on George Soros

There is very obviously an element of opposition to the ongoing protests on college campuses that is rooted in familiar...

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How Trump’s trial is playing, politically

In none of Donald Trump’s criminal trials do the politics rank as close in importance to the legal issues as they do in...

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Secrets, lies and payoffs laid bare in Week 1 of Trump trial testimony

NEW YORK — Donald Trump fought mightily before and after he was elected president to keep secret the embarrassing detail...

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GOP urges Secret Service to move protesters from park near convention arena

The Republican Party is urging the Secret Service to move protesters farther away from the arena in Milwaukee where the...

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