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The tally is in. Opponents of California’s progressive governor, Democrat Gavin Newsom, have collected enough signatures – now verified by election officials – to trigger a recall election of the governor this year. Recall elections in the United States are rare. With 19 states allowing them, this will be only the fourth for a governor in U.S. history.  It’s going to be a biggie, and not just because California is a colossus. This is America’s main electoral event of the year, attracting national attention despite the likelihood that first-term Governor Newsom w...

Washington Can lawmakers all just listen to the president – even for one night? Recent history is not assuring. Republican Rep. Joe Wilson shouted, “You lie!” at President Barack Obama when he was giving a joint speech to Congress in 2009. Eleven years later, Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi ripped up a copy of President Donald Trump’s State of the Union speech as she stood behind him on the House rostrum. Partisan tensions have only deepened on Capitol Hill since Ms. Pelosi’s defiant act last year, which came days before the Senate acquitted Mr. Trump in his first impeachment ...

From former President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital to President Joe Biden’s use of the word “genocide” to describe the Ottoman Empire’s slaughter of Armenians, truth-telling and debate-ending decisiveness are increasingly carrying the day in U.S. foreign policy. For President Biden, the willingness to risk the wrath of NATO ally Turkey suggests a determination to put meat on the bones of what he says will be a values-driven foreign policy. Many analysts saw the move as a signal that human rights abuses and authoritarian slides by foes and allies alik...

The death of long-time leader Idriss Déby Itno has cast uncertainty not only on Chad’s future, but also for the greater Sahel region, as neighboring West and Central African countries battle terrorism and internal instability.

As Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro shows new signs of flexibility, the Biden administration is weighing options for how to approach the leadership. “The question is whether the White House is ready to commit to a full-fledged negotiations strategy," said one expert.