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The Republican race is grotesque: Trump’s rivals pretend to be viable candidates, and the media pretends to ask them questions

"Democrats still don’t understand this basic flaw in their strategy," says Rachel Bitecofer

US talk show host had said ‘this is what democracy is all about – America interfering in foreign elections’

Citizens for Democracy secretary Nimmagadda Ramesh Kumar demanded an independent high-level committee to investigate recently filed FIRs to determine if they were politically motivated. He opened a voter help centre in Guntur to verify voter lists, create awareness and undertake relevant activities.

There are serious debates to be had about government spending, but the edge of a shutdown is no place to have them. Ignoring the consequences won’t bring us closer to more responsible government, two University of Chicago experts write.

Timothy Owen, who was blocked from representig the activist Jimmy Lai, was due to give a talk on law and democracy

Author Katherine Stewart on how Mike Johnson ended up with so much power

Retired judge Michael Luttig is battling to stop a Trump victory – which he says would be ‘catastrophic for America’s democracy’

The West’s growing culture of tax avoidance is taking a political toll.

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Second-ranked South Africa is the only African team to make it to the semi-finals at the 2023 Cricket World Cup. After being banished from the international game in 1970 because of apartheid policies, the country began playing in the tournament in 1992 once democracy was on the cards. Since then…