U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi answers questions from the media at the U.S. Capitol on March 18, 2026.
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The combined political and legal roles and responsibilities of the US attorney general can create conflicts. Some attorneys general yielded to political pressure from the president – many did not.
President Donald Trump participates in a roundtable discussion in Memphis, Tenn., with Attorney General Pam Bondi on March 23, 2026.
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It’s not unusual for presidents to select attorneys general who share their views and policy preferences. But Trump has gone far beyond what is usually done.
The US president, Donald Trump, has threatened to pull out of Nato over some members’ reluctance to join the US-Israeli war in iran.
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In Donald Trump’s second term he and his advisers have repeatedly questioned US involvement in translatlantic security.
Representatives from the NAACP stand outside the Supreme Court on June 25, 2013, awaiting a decision in Shelby County v. Holder.
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After the Voting Rights Act, federal election observers helped ensure fair voting, but that oversight has increasingly shifted focus − to monitor what Washington says is voter fraud and accusations of cheating.
A cleric and other demonstrators chant slogans during a pro-government gathering in a square in western Tehran, Iran, on March 25, 2026.
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Wars that define eras are remembered not just for how they are fought, but for what follows. For Canada, the end of the Iran war will be a chance to lead with clarity, consistency and purpose.
Two women from the Iranian Red Crescent Society stand as a thick plume of smoke from a U.S.-Israeli strike on an oil storage facility rises into the sky in Tehran on March 8, 2026.
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Studying the economics of war reveals how some democracies start wars and commit human rights abuses while corporations profit.
The United States, alongside other countries, has a growing pro-democracy and nonviolent civil movement.
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The US may be experiencing democratic backsliding. Around the world, nonviolent civil movements exist to support democracy and protect fellow citizens.
U.S. President Donald Trump holds a bilateral meeting with Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Oct. 26, 2025, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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President Donald Trump’s relationship with Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is complicated by the US administration’s broader strategy in Latin America.
Attendees wearing MAGA merch stand next to an image of Trump at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Grapevine, Texas, on March 25, 2026.
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Trumpism isn’t dead, as the roaring MAGA-merched crowds at CPAC make clear. But Trump is struggling through a political winter that could signal the early stages of his MAGA movement’s decline.
The US president, Donald Trump, receives the prayers of evangelical Christian ministers in the Oval Office, March 5.
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Politicians from all three Abrahamic religions are using scripture to back their positions.
