Mukhtar Ablyazov: The End of the Road?
Paris, Brussels (13/7 – 37.5) Mukhtar Ablyazov, a fugitive Kazakh businessman, was sentenced in absentia to life imprisonment for murder in Kazakhstan. He was...
Army Combat Veteran to Take Over Key Election Security Role Working With State, Local Officials
An Army combat veteran with extensive cybersecurity and counterterrorism experience is taking over as one of the nation’s top election security officials, the director of the...
Battle Over Wisconsin’s Top Elections Official Could Have Ripple Effects for 2024
A fight over whether Wisconsin’s top elections official will keep her job has potential implications for the 2024 presidential contest in a perennial battleground...
Sierra Leone’s Main Opposition Calls for Presidential Election Re-Run After Incumbent Named Winner
Sierra Leone’s main opposition party on Saturday demanded a re-run of last weekend’s presidential election after incumbent President Julius Maada Bio was declared the winner and...
After the Fall of Roe, Emboldened Religious Conservatives Lobby to Restrict Abortion in Africa
Nowhere in the world has a higher rate of unsafe abortions or unintended pregnancies than sub-Saharan Africa, where women often face scorn for becoming pregnant before marriage. Efforts...
Guatemala’s High Court Steps Into Election, Suspends Release of Official Results
Guatemala’s highest court has suspended the release of official election results, granting a temporary injunction to 10 parties that challenged the results of the...
Legitimacy of ‘Customer’ in Supreme Court Gay Rights Case Raises Ethical, Legal Flags
A Christian graphic artist who the Supreme Court said can refuse to make wedding websites for gay couples pointed during her lawsuit to a request from...
Arkansas Governor Names State GOP Chairman, Former Federal Prosecutor to Supreme Court Seat
Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Monday named state Republican Party chairman and former federal prosecutor Cody Hiland to the Arkansas Supreme Court, giving it...
In Post-roe Era, House Republicans Begin Quiet Push for New Restrictions on Abortion Access
When the Supreme Court issued its abortion ruling last June overturning Roe v. Wade, House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy said “our work is far...
Threats of Impeachment and Censure Used to Be Rare. In This Congress, They’re Becoming Routine
House Republicans have held it over Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for months. Attorney General Merrick Garland is facing it too. And President Joe...