On January 20, 2025, as Donald J. Trump was sworn in as the 47th President of the United States, the nation reached a ...

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As the 2024 presidential race entered its final stretch, the nation’s richest tech leaders gravitated toward Trump’s side.

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The idea of democracy building through military occupation came into its own when deployed by the United States during the Cold War against the Soviet Union, not as a lofty goal but as one of the ...

From declaring “emergencies” to pardoning the domestic terrorists who assaulted police in his name, they argue, the president is acting like an autocrat.

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Minnesota’s Amy Klobuchar, the only Democrat speaker at President Donald Trump’s inauguration, focused on the peaceful ...

Griff Witte, the Washington Post’s democracy editor, is exiting the paper after 23 years. He will join The Atlantic as its managing editor, overseeing its growing politics team, with a special ...

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but the United States holds them at “the people’s house,” the Capitol complex. She concluded by recognizing the firefighters battling blazes in Southern California. “Our democracy’s ...