Politics
With a carefully orchestrated public profile, the president of El Salvador claims sky-high popularity after jailing gangs. The reality is more complicated.
Sept. 24, 2024
Business
A former top executive in Sam Bankman-Fried’s fallen FTX cryptocurrency empire has been sentenced to two years in prison for participating in what a prosecutor said was one of the largest recent financial frauds in U.S. history.
Sept. 25, 2024
World & Nation
Across the U.S., including in some swing states, new or altered state laws changing how Americans vote, tally ballots and certify the election.
X, formerly Twitter, released a formal global transparency report Wednesday for the first time since Musk took over the social media platform.
The forum will feature state Sen. Toni Atkins, Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis, former state Controller Betty Yee, and state superintendent of education Tony Thurmond.
Election officials nationwide fear that the USPS will lose ballots or deliver them late. They have good reasons to be concerned
A Republican effort to lock down all of Nebraska’s electoral votes for former President Donald Trump appears doomed because one state lawmaker won’t give backers his crucial support.
Sept. 23, 2024
Salvadoran children have been arbitrarily detained, abused and tortured by the thousands as part of President Nayib Bukele’s ‘war on gangs,’ Human Rights Watch reports.
July 16, 2024
On the county Democrats’ Facebook page, the county board of elections chair said members voted to remove the Sheriff’s Department from providing security.
Sept. 22, 2024
The election was crucial as Sri Lanka seeks to recover from the worst economic crisis in its history and the resulting political upheaval.