By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press Even in a busy year of elections around the world, the next few days stand out. Over the next week, voters go to the polls in fledgling democracies like Mauritania and Mongolia, the Islamic Republic … Continued
By CHARLOTTE GRAHAM-McLAY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — He has run for office, published hundreds of thousands of leaked government documents online, and once lobbied to save his local swimming pool. One of the most polarizing and influential … Continued
By THOMAS BEAUMONT and LINLEY SANDERS WASHINGTON (AP) — A solid majority of Americans say Supreme Court justices are more likely to be guided by their own ideology rather than serving as neutral arbiters of government authority, a new poll … Continued
St. Paul gymnast Suni Lee has stayed relatively quiet in the months leading up to this week’s U.S. Gymnastics Olympic Trials. She hasn’t granted many interviews and she respectfully declined comment ahead of the competition this weekend, which will take … Continued
By The Associated Press To hear former President Donald Trump tell it, the U.S. has fallen apart under President Joe Biden: the economy is failing, countries are emptying their prisons and mental institutions across the southern border and crime has … Continued
By MATTHEW DALY WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency will not be able to enforce a key rule limiting air pollution in nearly a dozen states while separate legal challenges proceed around the country, under a Supreme Court decision … Continued