In an extract from The Conversation’s new book on democracy, we chart the origins of the parties that dominate politics today ...

U.S. conservatives have looked to Hungary's Viktor Orbán as an inspiration for a right-wing America, and the prime minister has become a close ally of President Donald Trump ...

New York State Education Commissioner Betty Rosa and SUNY Chancellor John King were both approved pay raises by their ...

The health care provider ​of last resort is working to shore up affiliate clinics that are in dire financial straits.

The more things change the more in essence they remain the same, or even worsen, as time marches on” Although one might ...

Three Senate Democrats criticized Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent for what they call a “lack of candor” about what DOGE ...

Meanwhile, Trump is making his first big foray into foreign diplomacy with calls to Russia's Vladimir Putin and Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy on how to end the three-year war. He is also continuing to ...

US president Donald Trump’s recent actions seem designed to reassert American power and demonstrate that it is still the ...

The government is publishing videos of raids of venues employing illegal workers as it prepares for the second reading of its ...

Well, on the British bit, you’re quite right. Britain acts like a cheerleader. It’s a vicarious imperialism; they used to lay ...

The classic coup d’état has guns. Uniformed men run wild seizing government agencies and claiming control over what ...

In his first few days back in office, President Donald Trump engaged in a whirlwind of executive actions, from exiting the ...