#Democracy in peril argument fizzles as midterm issue

#Democracy in peril argument fizzles as midterm issue

Democracy in peril argument fizzles as midterm issue Threats to U.S. democracy highlighted by the House Jan. 6 select committee’s blockbuster hearings are fizzling as a midterm election issue, drowned out by inflation and other economic concerns that appear to be driving voters in the final weeks of the campaign. While the committee examining the…

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#Rick Scott: Senate Republicans have path to 55-seat majority

#Rick Scott: Senate Republicans have path to 55-seat majority

Rick Scott: Senate Republicans have path to 55-seat majority GREENSBORO, N.C. — National Republican Senatorial Committee Chairman Rick Scott (Fla.) says Republicans will likely control 52 Senate seats next year and have a pathway to a 55-seat majority, given how recent polls show GOP candidates picking up momentum.   Scott is voicing a more confident…

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#Liz Truss’s downfall sparks talk of democracy’s decline in UK

#Liz Truss’s downfall sparks talk of democracy’s decline in UK

Liz Truss’s downfall sparks talk of democracy’s decline in UK Questions of democratic legitimacy are swirling in the United Kingdom after the resignation on Thursday of Prime Minister Liz Truss, whose government collapsed just 44 days after she took office.   Truss’s downfall will trigger a second leadership election within the Conservative Party’s 170,000 members…

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