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Democracy Report: Wave of democratic backsliding is a global threat

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You’re reading an excerpt from the Today’s WorldView newsletter. Sign up to get the rest free, including news from around the globe and interesting ideas and opinions to know, sent to your inbox every weekday. Three days of voting, staggered across 11 time zones and a vast stretch of the Earth, could only lead to … Read more

US senators to submit resolution condemning democratic backsliding in Hungary

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BUDAPEST, Hungary — Two U.S. senators will submit a bipartisan resolution to Congress condemning democratic backsliding in Hungary and urging its nationalist government to lift its block on Sweden’s accession into the NATO military alliance. The resolution, authored by U.S. Sens. Jeanne Shaheen, a New Hampshire Democrat, and Thom Tillis, a North Carolina Republican, comes … Read more