German Chancellor Friedrich Merz says the European Union can be an “alternative to imperialism and autocracy” and can forge ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz hailed the European Union on Thursday as an "alternative to imperialism and autocracy" that ...

From gutting federal agencies to funding freezes for Democratic cities and states to sending the National Guard and ICE ...

It’s not just the East Wing of the White House that President Donald Trump has demolished. In his first year back in office, the president has trampled long-standing American institutions and norms ...

The FBI search of a Washington Post reporter’s home on Jan. 14, 2026, was a rare and intimidating move by an administration focused on repressing criticism and dissent. In its story about the search ...

To the editor — The Somali community in Minneapolis is being persecuted by Trump after accusations by a right-wing You-Tube video with no evidence of fraud. The right wing's idol, Trump, has even ...

A new report from the grassroots organization RootsAction aims to do what a promised “autopsy” from the Democratic National Committee ultimately did not: publicly reckon with the failures of the ...

Just when you think we might be emerging from some form of super majority arrogance, we have Gov. Kelly Armstrong redefining autocracy in the worst of ways. The ND Ethics Commission was established by ...

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Only about a third of Americans are happy with the way democracy is working, according to a Gallup poll earlier this year. The first man, who wished to remain anonymous because of his job, is a local ...