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Army Combat Veteran to Take Over Key Election Security Role Working With State, Local Officials

Posted byby Byron Banks
July 13, 2023
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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...

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Battle Over Wisconsin’s Top Elections Official Could Have Ripple Effects for 2024

Posted byby Christian Pearson
July 13, 2023
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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...

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Sierra Leone’s Main Opposition Calls for Presidential Election Re-Run After Incumbent Named Winner

Posted byby Dominic Morris
July 12, 2023
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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...

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After the Fall of Roe, Emboldened Religious Conservatives Lobby to Restrict Abortion in Africa

Posted byby Dominic Morris
July 12, 2023
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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...

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Guatemala’s High Court Steps Into Election, Suspends Release of Official Results

Posted byby Christian Pearson
July 11, 2023
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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...

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Legitimacy of ‘Customer’ in Supreme Court Gay Rights Case Raises Ethical, Legal Flags

Posted byby Christian Pearson
July 11, 2023
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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...

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Arkansas Governor Names State GOP Chairman, Former Federal Prosecutor to Supreme Court Seat

Posted byby Erik Salazar
July 10, 2023
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Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Monday named state Republican Party chairman and former federal prosecutor Cody Hiland to the Arkansas Supreme Court, giving it...

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In Post-roe Era, House Republicans Begin Quiet Push for New Restrictions on Abortion Access

Posted byby Dominic Morris
July 10, 2023
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When the Supreme Court issued its abortion ruling last June overturning Roe v. Wade, House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy said “our work is far...

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Threats of Impeachment and Censure Used to Be Rare. In This Congress, They’re Becoming Routine

Posted byby Christian Pearson
July 9, 2023
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House Republicans have held it over Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for months. Attorney General Merrick Garland is facing it too. And President Joe...

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Israel’s President Herzog Will Address Congress to Commemorate the 75th Anniversary of Its Statehood

Posted byby Christian Pearson
July 9, 2023
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Israeli President Isaac Herzog will address a joint meeting of Congress on July 19 to commemorate the 75th anniversary of Israel’s statehood and to reaffirm his...