El Salvador has the highest prison population rate in the world. The US administration intends to increase the number of people behind bars there.
Democrats are desperate to retake control of Congress; Republicans want to keep it. To win, it helps to know what kind of voter is willing to cross party lines.
Donald Trump claims that Article 2 of the Constitution gives him the right ‘to do whatever I want as President.’ A constitutional law scholar says ‘Not so.’
Whether by shuffling agency personnel, creating new agencies, or limiting their capacity for oversight, a common tactic among power-hungry leaders is establishing control over the country’s bureaucracy.
If a federal prosecutor were to put a city’s mayor or a state’s governor in jail, what may be the greatest source of conflict in the Constitution will become clear to the public.
Moms for Liberty, founded in 2021 and now boasting 120,000 members, could ride its conservative, limited-government message to a position of strong influence in the GOP.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has presided over disasters before – and remained in power. But is the intelligence failure preceding the Hamas attack so big that this time he won’t?
The deadline to fund the US government is fast approaching, and it will take a Congress seemingly addicted to brinkmanship to keep the government open.
Women represent half of Mexico’s Congress and hold key positions in politics and the judiciary. But the country is still dogged by high rates of femicide.
It’s good to talk − just don’t expect it to result in a reset in relations between Beijing and Washington.
The late Justice Sandra Day O'Connor’s iCivics curriculum has been shown to boost knowledge of the political process.
With US aid to Ukraine locked in a partisan battle over security at the US southern border, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy faces the possibility of losing his largest supporter.
From the ‘static’ polls to Trump’s ‘dissing’ of voters, two political scientists look at the Iowa caucus and see more than just the fact that Trump won it, resoundingly.
In the wake of US attacks against Houthi militants in Yemen, a scholar of presidential power to use the military examines the history and present of the laws around US military action.
Mass arrests and the suspension of constitutional rights have been a feature of President Nayib Bukele’s tenure. A fresh mandate from voters will likely entrench his hardline approach.
A second Trump presidency may be a danger to democracy, but that’s more to do with the Republican Party than Trump himself, researchers of authoritarianism explain.
The idea that the Swift-Kelce romance is some sort of deep-state plot is perhaps gaining traction in far-right circles because it lines up with the political right’s broader agenda and beliefs.
Donald Trump has claimed he is immune from prosecution for actions he took as part of his job as president. An appeals court unanimously disagreed, allowing the many prosecutions of Trump to proceed.
The Israel-Hamas conflict is putting a spotlight on all of the different people affected by the war, including Israel soldiers from Ethiopian, Filipino and Bedouin backgrounds.
A survey of people across 24 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean found widespread concern over the economy and crime.
Media coverage of vice presidential candidates tends to focus on who can help win the election rather than who is qualified to help govern once in office.
Extreme downpours and droughts, both fueled by rising global temperatures, are taking a toll on water infrastructure. Communities trying to manage the threats face three big challenges.
The case argued before the Supreme Court has profound implications for Donald Trump − but also for the country.
Pundits decried the Supreme Court justices for not focusing on Donald Trump’s conduct when they heard oral arguments in Trump’s immunity case. But a legal scholar says they were just doing their job.
One-third of Americans think that “rule by a strong leader or the military would be a good way of governing their country.” Are they losing faith in democracy?
Most Japan firms stay committed to diversity despite US moves, Reuters survey shows
US vaccine advisory meeting rescheduled for April
White House rescinds executive order targeting prominent law firm
Japan's core inflation hits 3% in February, keeps alive BOJ rate-hike bets
Argentina unions to strike against Milei on April 10
NHL has met with Dan Friedkin's group about interest in bringing an expansion team to Houston
Alex Ovechkin gets 888th career goal to move 7 away from breaking Wayne Gretzky’s NHL record
Here are the teams moving on into the round of 32 so far at the NCAA men’s basketball tournament
