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Federal prosecutors filed charges in New York on Monday against Yuanjun Tang, a Chinese dissident and veteran of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests, for working as an illegal operative of the People’s Republic of China.

On Friday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Making Money,” 2024 Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stated that the Democratic Party is “destroying democracy” in the name of saving it. Kennedy said, “[W]hen I was a kid, the

Former President Donald Trump reacted to leftists calling him a “threat to democracy,” saying, “Last week, I took a bullet for democracy” while speaking at his campaign rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on Saturday.

ROME — Pope Francis warned Sunday democracy is in “crisis” around the world, likely with an eye to a rise in right-wing parties across Italy, Austria, Argentina, Netherlands, and Germany.

President Joe Biden attacked tens of millions of Americans on Thursday night during the first 2024 presidential debate against former President Donald Trump, claiming that Trump supporters are voting “against democracy.”

Donald Trump is the stronger candidate to protect democracy, a poll found, undercutting the Biden campaign’s leading reelection pitch.

On Tuesday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “Dan Abrams Live,” Rep. John Garamendi (D-CA) stated that while Republicans do it more, there are plenty of Democrats who “go after the system of justice in the United States by claiming that it is

Biden Campaign Co-Chair Mitch Landrieu stated that in order for 2024 Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump “to be President of the United States, he has to destroy democracy.”

A Hong Kong court approved the Communist-controlled government’s effort to ban “Glory to Hong Kong,” the anthem of the 2019 protests.

Americans are evenly divided on which 2024 presidential candidate they trust to handle “protecting democracy,” a poll revealed Sunday.

On Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” host Bill Maher stated that voters who aren’t talking about democracy and are worried about the cost of living instead “need to be slapped up the head,” because the democracy issue is important

On Thursday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Alex Wagner Tonight,” Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) stated that some Democrats aren’t “embracing the spirit of liberal democracy” with their position on the campus demonstrations. Bowman said, “Young people are frustrated, they are angry, they

U.S. forces were expelled from both Niger and Chad this week, dealing a serious blow to the Biden administration’s diplomacy and counter-terrorism policies in Africa.

Voting begins on Friday in India’s massive election for the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the national Parliament.

On Monday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The Last Word,” Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) stated that if 2024 Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump wins in 2024, he’ll nominate more judges who believe that unelected federal agency officials shouldn’t make crucial

On Wednesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends,” journalist Matt Taibbi said that President Joe Biden and censorship under his administration is a threat to democracy and “heading into the 2024 presidential election cycle, Joe Biden is

China’s state-run Global Times newspaper predictably observed the occasion of President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump formally cementing the nominations to their respective parties on Wednesday by lamenting that both are “unpopular” candidates and proof that American democracy has “failed to express or address issues of public concern.”

On Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Source,” CNN Senior Political Commentator and former Obama Adviser David Axelrod stated that while he thinks President Joe Biden is doing a good job as President and that he’s concerned about the democracy issue

Politico reporter Heidi Przybyla wrote an article on Thursday apologizing for her comments painting those who believe their rights come from God as “extremists” and “Christian nationalists.” Przyblya’s article was published after leading Christian organizations sent a letter to Politico leadership on

Indonesian Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto claimed victory in the presidential election on Thursday with 55 percent of the vote.

A court in Beijing on Monday sentenced Australian writer Yang Hengjun to a “suspended death sentence” on espionage charges — effectively sentencing him to life in prison.

On Tuesday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “The Hill,” Rep. Jennifer McClellan (D-VA) responded to a question on whether the 2024 election will be about abortion and the economy by stating that “economic opportunity is [a] critically important aspect of reproductive freedom.”

On Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” writer Andrew Sullivan stated that Democrats have completely contradicted their attempts to brand themselves as the defenders of democracy because they’ve tried for years to find “a get out of Trump free card”

On Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” writer Andrew Sullivan stated that it’s clear 2024 Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump “does not respect democratic norms,” and has questioned just about every election he didn’t like the results of

On Friday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Lead,” Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) — who has endorsed Rep. Andy Kim (D-NJ) in the race for Sen. Robert Menendez’s (D-NJ) seat — criticized the system in that primary as “really not true democracy”

Donald Trump’s decisive victory in Iowa was a victory for the American people and for democracy, former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich declares.

Democrat House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries is taking heat online for criticizing “election denial” after many accused him and other Democrats of doing just that for years.

A record low percentage of Americans are satisfied with the “way democracy is working” during Joe Biden’s presidency, a Gallup poll found.

If Democrat-controlled states are ultimately able to remove Trump from ballots, such as in Colorado and Maine, it would bar voters from deciding the presidential election.

Freedom House marked the 50th anniversary of its “Freedom in the World” report with the 2023 edition, which offered the grim observation that “global freedom declined for the 17th consecutive year,” and warned, “the struggle for democracy may be approaching a turning point.”

Former President Donald Trump and MAGA ideology are corrupting family values and posing an existential threat to American democracy, according to a Salon piece published Wednesday that accuses Trump of unapologetically echoing fascist and Nazi rhetoric.

On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” Washington Post Associate Editor and MSNBC host Jonathan Capehart stated that American voters in the 2022 midterm elections “showed us that they are nuanced and sophisticated and can walk and chew gum at the same time.

It is perfectly fine to compare former President Donald J. Trump to Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler, according to the creator of “Godwin’s Law,” which suggests that as a debate progresses the mention of Hitler is almost certain and the first to do so loses the argument.

Ten Catholic bishops have called for the immediate and unconditional release of Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai, provoking the ire of Beijing-backed officials.

Today’s Republicans, as well as Christian nationalism, are a greater threat to the United States than the Hamas terrorist organization, which is responsible for scores of terror attacks including the most recent massacre of over 1,000 civilians — according to a recent Salon piece that is drawing fierce backlash for the “gross” assertion.

China’s state-run Global Times on Wednesday celebrated the ouster of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) as further evidence of American democracy’s inferiority to Chinese fascism. A handy “Chinese expert” was quoted to describe the state of U.S. politics as “a host of demons dancing in riotous revelry.”