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“This is not our intention to escalate,” McCarthy said. “We want to continue to build and foster democracy and freedom. There should be no fear.”

Former US President Donald Trump's surrender on criminal charges Tuesday was marked by clashes between his fans and foes outside a downtown Manhattan courtroom, and a now-familiar cycle of name-calling and outrage from lawmakers and Trump himself. But many Americans who say they are watching this case and other Trump…

Trump and his supporters have given no indication that they are concerned about inciting unrest; they are encouraging it.

And it’s just the first of possibly many charges against the ex-president, the only US head of state to be charged with a crime

Former president appeared subdued in New York, only to return to his inflammatory ways in Florida. Plus, the campaigners using using dating apps to boost voter turnout

A spending bill in the Minnesota legislature would enjoin the state to the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact

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As French President Emmanuel Macron starts his four-day visit to China, he will have to keep in mind Beijing's attitude on several crucial questions. These include democracy in Hong Kong and the status of the independent nationalist island of Taiwan.

Many on the right liken the legal battle to an attack on democracy itself and have made threats to the district attorney