20+ hour, 55+ min ago   (47+ words) An economist argued Saturday that President Donald Trump's only hope of lowering inflation before the midterms will likely make him very, very mad.Professor of economics Justin Wolfers, who writes the Platypus Economics Substack, made the assessment during an appearance…...

1+ day, 18+ hour ago   (1184+ words) WASHINGTON — President Trump is brushing aside growing concern among leading scientists and bipartisan lawmakers that artificial intelligence could soon pose an existential threat to humanity, fueling anxiety in Washington and Silicon Valley that the president may not fully grasp the…...

2+ day, 20+ hour ago   (844+ words) By abandoning past U.S. pro-democracy policies and adopting several lines of pro-autocratic action, the Trump administration has fundamentally repositioned the United States vis-à-vis democracy in the world. The Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program is a leading source of independent policy research,…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (119+ words) junonews.com Freeland says U.S. democracy “on life support” Freeland said that Canadians “know that President Trump was elected not once, but twice. And that is causing a lot of Canadians to wonder whether the United States can ever be trusted…...

2+ day, 22+ hour ago   (1484+ words) Just days before Ed Miliband announced trade sanctions on Israeli settlements, more than 300 British soldiers participated in a “landmark” training exercise facilitated by Israel’s largest arms firm. Elbit Systems UK boasted about its “key role” in the three-day training exercise…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (1040+ words) By Sarah Jane Tribble A federal judge in July gave digital equity advocates a partial victory against President Donald Trump, stopping his attempt to unilaterally kill a multibillion-dollar grant program Congress created. But U.S. District Judge John D. Bates, in a 35-page…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (462+ words) WASHINGTON (OSV News) — Support for democracy has begun a modest recovery across the Americas, according to the 2026 Pulse of Democracy report by the University of Notre Dame‘s Keough School of Global Affairs and Vanderbilt University’s Center for Global Democracy....

2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (204+ words) Over the past few years, thousands of people have asked federal agencies to pay them for harms they have suffered at the hands of the government. Traffic accident and plane crash victims, veterans harmed by government medical personnel and individuals…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago   (497+ words) Democracy is supposed to come with a pretty simple arrangement. Voters choose their leaders, and those leaders are supposed to earn the public’s trust. Bill Gates pointed to a statistic that makes that relationship look considerably more complicated. The Microsoft…...

2+ day, 22+ hour ago   (902+ words) Despite being divided on most issues, an overwhelming majority of Americans agree that their democracy is in a state of crisis or facing serious challenges. Plato warned that an unhealthy democracy can easily fall prey to a tyrant. As a…...