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🇺🇸 What’s at stake in Benin’s presidential election?
[USA]
Finance minister is favourite to win on Sunday as incumbent Talon will step down after leading the country for 10 years.
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🇺🇸 Five things to know about Hungary's election
[USA]
Hungary votes Sunday in a pivotal test of Viktor Orbán's "illiberal democracy," as challenger Péter Magyar taps voter frustration, with stakes for Europe, NATO and the U.S.
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🇺🇸 In Germany’s East, the Far Right Could Soon Take Power. This Is Its Plan.
[USA]
In the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt, the Alternative for Germany could win control of the government this fall. Once in power, it has a plan to overhaul German society.
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🇺🇸 Third round of ‘No Kings’ protests are expected to be the largest so far, organizers say
[USA]
Millions are expected to gather across the country and around the world on Saturday for a third round of “No Kings” protests against President Donald Trump.
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🇺🇸 New report tracks declining global freedom
[USA]
The Freedom House "Freedom in the World" report continues to track declining global liberties. Amy Slipowitz, the report's co-author, joins CBS News with more details.
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🇺🇸 Trump is dismantling democracy, reports find. And, Treasury to take over student loans
[USA]
Recent studies show the U.S. is slipping further from democracy. And, the Trump administration plans to transfer federal student loans from the Education Department to the Treasury Department.
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🇬🇧 ‘Trump is aiming for dictatorship’. That’s the verdict of the world’s most credible democracy watchdog | Martin Gelin
[United Kingdom]
<p>Sweden’s V-Dem Institute warns that the US is no longer a liberal democracy. And autocracy is creeping across Europe too</p><p>The US is no longer a democracy. One of the most credible global sourc...
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🇺🇸 The Orbán System
[USA]
This series covers Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán and his Russia-backed campaign for re-election amid fraud and corruption allegations
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🇺🇸 Press freedom declines in Americas, with US seeing sharpest drop: Report
[USA]
A press freedom index has given the Americas its lowest ranking since it started recording results six years ago.
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🇬🇧 The Guardian view on secrecy in parliament: hiding the names of MPs’ staff would undermine democracy | Editorial
[United Kingdom]
<p>Security concerns must be treated seriously. But with trust in politics fraying, transparency has never been more necessary</p><p>The recommendation that the names of MPs’ staff should be <a href="...
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🇬🇧 Proportional representation is true rule by the people | Letters
[United Kingdom]
<p>Readers respond to Gaby Hinsliff’s defence of first past the post, and Polly Toynbee’s call for electoral reform</p><p>Gaby Hinsliff (<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/feb/26/...
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🇺🇸 Enough gerrymandering — the people must take back power from two-party rule
[USA]
The Supreme Court’s recent decision allowing California to proceed with a politically gerrymandered map favoring Democrats may be, as the headlines proclaimed, a victory for Democrats, just as the Tex...
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🇺🇸 Trump’s department of injustice: Impunity for friends, brutality for enemies
[USA]
The brazen lack of accountability for the rich and well-connected undermines public faith in our democracy.
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🇺🇸 After Trump, the US needs a Truth and Reconciliation Commission
[USA]
Without a complete record of the Trump years, history will be written by those empowered by Trump.
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🇺🇸 Macron says US Supreme Court tariff ruling shows it is good to have counterweights to power in democracies
[USA]
Related: #Trade Policy, #Checks and Balances
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🇺🇸 U.S., Hungary sign civil nuclear deal as Trump deepens ties with Orbán
[USA]
Many of Hungary's neighbors say Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is eroding democracy, but President Trump is forging closer relations with the Putin ally.
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🇺🇸 In Hungary, Marco Rubio Stresses Trump’s Support for Viktor Orban
[USA]
The U.S. secretary of state said in Budapest that the president was “deeply committed” to the success of Viktor Orban, who has boasted of creating an “illiberal state.”
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🇺🇸 Rubio boosts Orbán's bid for another term during Budapest visit
[USA]
Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Monday enthusiastically endorsed Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's bid to serve a fifth straight term after upcoming elections in April.
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🇺🇸 How cyborg propaganda reshapes collective action
[USA]
arXiv:2602.13088v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: The distinction between genuine grassroots activism and automated influence operations is collapsing. While policy debates focus on bot farms, a dist...
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🇺🇸 Bangladesh's PM-elect vows to work for democracy after landslide victory
[USA]
Tarique Rahman's Bangladesh Nationalist Party won a majority in Thursday's election in the 350-member Parliament. An 11-member alliance led by the Jamaat-e-Islami party, the country's largest Islamist...
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🇺🇸 Polls close in first election since Gen Z protests ousted Bangladesh leader
[USA]
Voters are hoping for a return to democracy after 15 years of authoritarian rule under Sheikh Hasina.
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🇺🇸 Bangladesh votes in landmark election after Gen Z revolution
[USA]
Related: #Politics, #Economy
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🇬🇧 Three issues that matter to voters in the Bangladesh election
[United Kingdom]
It's the first election since the 2024 Gen Z uprising that toppled Bangladesh's long-serving prime minister Sheikh Hasina.
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🇬🇧 Trump’s attempt to indict Democrats for video to troops an ‘alarm for democracy’
[United Kingdom]
<p>Mark Kelly speaks out after grand jury declines to indict six lawmakers over video urging troops to resist illegal orders</p><p>Arizona senator Mark Kelly warned that the Trump administration’s fai...
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🇺🇸 Bill to lower voting age to 16 to be introduced in Parliament
[USA]
The government wants 16 and 17-year-olds to be able to vote at the next general election.
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🇺🇸 The Bangladesh Elections Are on Thursday. Here’s What to Know.
[USA]
Bangladesh is holding national elections for the first time since 2024, when a student movement ousted the prime minister.
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🇺🇸 1/6: The Takeout with Major Garrett
[USA]
Marking five years since the Jan. 6 Capitol attack; House set to consider extension for expired ACA subsidies.
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🇺🇸 Jimmy Lai and the Future of Freedom
[USA]
The West has abandoned dissidents as a public cause.
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🇺🇸 Antonio Delgado Drops Out of NY Governor Race
[USA]
After falling out with Gov. Kathy Hochul, Lt. Gov. Antonio Delgado had hoped to challenge her from the left. But his campaign failed to gain traction.
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🇺🇸 Malinowski Concedes to Analilia Mejia in New Jersey House Primary
[USA]
Tom Malinowski, a former member of Congress, congratulated Analilia Mejia, a political organizer, on a “hard-won victory.”
Related: #Politics, #Elections
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- Donald Trump (7 news)
- Democracy (4 news)
- Hungary (3 news)
- Viktor Orbán (2 news)
- Marco Rubio (2 news)
- European Union (2 news)
- Budapest (2 news)
- The Guardian (1 news)
- The Orb (1 news)
- No Kings (1 news)
- Demonstration (1 news)
- Opposition (politics) (1 news)
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- Rule of law (1 news)
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- United States (1 news)
- Americas (1 news)
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- Truth and Reconciliation Commission (1 news)
- Accountability (1 news)
- Politics of the United States (1 news)
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- Energy security (1 news)
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