China branded US democracy a “weapon of mass destruction” on Saturday, following the US-organised Summit for Democracy which aimed to shore up like-minded allies in the face of autocratic regimes. China was left out of the two-day virtual summit — along with countries including Russia and Hungary — and responded by angrily accusing US President …
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President Joe Biden said Friday that democracy “knows no borders” as he closed a two-day summit on democratic freedoms while fending off a storm of criticism from China and domestic critics alike. Biden’s presidency has focused on restoring America to what Ronald Reagan liked to call a “shining city on the hill,” or a beacon …
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Democracy faces “sustained and alarming challenges” worldwide, US President Joe Biden said Thursday at a virtual summit on democracy where he sparked controversy by pointedly not inviting China and Russia. Biden, who took office in January amid the biggest US political crisis for decades, said trends are “largely pointing in the wrong direction” and that …
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Jailed Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai and the staff of his now-shuttered Apple Daily newspaper have been awarded a prestigious press freedom prize by the World Association of News Publishers. Apple Daily, formerly Hong Kong’s most popular pro-democracy newspaper, collapsed in June after authorities froze its assets under a national security law imposed by …
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Women carry pots with flowers as they take part in a protest against the military coup in Yangon, Myanmar April 13, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer April 16, 2021 (Reuters) -Opponents of Myanmar’s junta announced a National Unity Government on Friday including ousted members of parliament and leaders of anti-coup protests and ethnic minorities, saying their aim was …
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This week the House Committee on Administration is taking up the challenge by Rita Hart to have Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks kicked out of Congress. The Democratic candidate for a vacant seat in Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District, Hart lost by six votes in November to Miller-Meeks, a Republican. The election was properly certified in Iowa, but …
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FILE PHOTO: U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris smiles after delivering a keynote address to the House Democratic Caucus virtually on camera from the Eisenhower Executive Office Building at the White House in Washington, U.S. March 2, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo March 18, 2021 NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris made her debut …
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WASHINGTON – JULY 21: Mark Meckler spoke to the media as Jenny Beth Martin looked on after the first meeting of the newly formed Tea Party Caucus on Capitol Hill July 21, 2010 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) OAN NewsroomUPDATED 2:18 PM PT – Tuesday, March 16, 2021 A prominent political analyst …
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Political activist Mark Meckler, who heads the Convention of States Action project, warned that the Democrat-led election reform bill is a threat to democracy, while touting his initiative as a constitutionally-enshrined way to fight back and rein in federal overreach. Meckler, in an interview with The Epoch Times’ “Crossroads” program, took aim at H.R. 1, …
An expert at the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank, said that the Democrat-led election reform bill would eviscerate ballot security measures, amounts to a federal takeover of elections, and is a “threat to American democracy.” Hans von Spakovsky, senior fellow and manager of the election law reform initiative at the Heritage Foundation, told The Epoch …
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