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A judge ruled against the "aspirational rapist" defense, and hopefully it won't work in the January 6 case

Tensions are escalating between Niger’s new military regime and the West African regional bloc that has ordered troops deployed to restore Niger’s flailing democracy

The model of democracy in the 1920s is sometimes called “the melting pot” – the dissolution of different cultures into an American soup. An update for the 2020s might be “open source,” where cultural mixing, sharing and collaborating can build bridges between people rather than create divides.

"We are witnessing Trump telling America that if he doesn't get his way," they will suffer

Australian lawyer and China bounty target Kevin Yam still believes it is important to pursue diplomacy with Beijing

The latest federal indictment against Donald Trump vividly illustrates the extent to which the former president’s final weeks in office were consumed by a struggle over the law, with two determined groups of attorneys fighting it out as the future of American democracy hung in the balance

"This is the new voter suppression," ex-NAACP Legal Defense Fund chief Sherrilyn Ifill warned

Editorial: A culture of complacency around data security and a government obsessed with partisan games have put electoral regulation at risk

Republicans want to impose their policies on unwilling voters, just like they'll force childbirth on women