The bill sought to give Gov. Kathy Hochul the power to merge election dates, leading minority party lawmakers like New York state Sen. Rob Ortt to rail against it as an affront to voters in the rural, ...

A plan to change the timeline for special elections, and most likely the election to replace Rep. Elise M. Stefanik, has been unveiled.

The court will determine if the current map, which led to the election of a second Black Democrat, will be permanent or ...

WASHINGTON: Top Trump administration officials are openly questioning the judiciary's authority to serve as a check on ...

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of  America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.  (Emphasis is mine.) ...

Such an effort to concentrate authority in an all-controlling executive has a striking parallel in Europe: the remaking of Hungary under its longtime prime minister, Viktor Orban. Since coming to ...

The early days of a new presidential administration attract a lot of attention from the media and ordinary Americans.

A plan to change the timeline for special elections, and most likely the election to replace Rep. Elise Stefanik, has been unveiled. Late Friday afternoon, lawmakers filed a bill sponsored by Senate ...

GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders and the National Center for Lesbian Rights, representing a transgender inmate, filed a lawsuit in D.C. challenging Trump’s executive order barring biological males ...

As Africa yearns for transformative leadership to effectively tackle the challenges facing its socio-economic and ...

In this new book, Our Friend Kais Saied, Essay on Tunisian Democracy, I look at the restoration of authoritarianism under ...

By Peter Mukhito, DPP Secretary General The recent activities of the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) concerning the proposed age limit bill represent a troubling breach of democratic norms and a potential ...