
Ellen Ioanes
Former World & Weekend Reporter
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Entrenched corruption and a political dynasty may keep them in power, though.


Court battles, new laws, and confusion over abortion policy have left politicians, providers, and patients in a state of flux.


Chinese President Xi Jinping swore in John Lee, marking a new era of antidemocratic governance in Hong Kong.


The forthcoming bipartisan agreement could be the first new gun control laws enacted in decades.

President Biden is mulling over what he can do in response to a looming Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade.


The Constitution protects gun ownership — but doesn’t prevent state regulations.


Long-range missiles from the US head to the sluggish, brutal war in the Donbas.


In 2019 protesters chanted for revolution; instead they got continued corruption and negligence.


Opposition see incremental change as putting “old wine in a new bottle.”


Lee ran uncontested and won 99 percent of the vote.