Tag: Separation of powers

Unlike elsewhere, New Hampshire refunds COVID business fines

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CONCORD, N.H. — Three Republican governors opposed efforts this year to absolve businesses for violating public health orders during the coronavirus pandemic. But only...

EU says democratic standards under threat in Poland, Hungary

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BRUSSELS — Democratic standards in the European Union are eroding in several member countries, particularly in Hungary and Poland where judicial independence is under...

Loved and decried, El Salvador’s populist leader is defiant

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SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — In the narrow, gang-controlled alleys of the Las Palmas neighborhood, struggling Salvadorans are untroubled by actions of their president...

Supreme Court: Mortgage overseer structure unconstitutional

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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that the structure of the agency that oversees mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac violates...

AP source: Justice Dept secretly subpoenaed McGahn’s records

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WASHINGTON — Apple informed former Trump White House counsel Don McGahn and his wife that the Justice Department had subpoenaed information about accounts belonging...

US steers El Salvador funding away from government

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SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — The United States Agency for International Development will redirect its funding from El Salvador's state institutions to its civil...

Suit: Georgia election law threatens voting, speech rights

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ATLANTA — Georgia’s sweeping new overhaul of election laws threatens the fundamental right to vote, freedom of speech and the separation of powers, according...

1st ballot test of governor’s pandemic powers starts in PA

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HARRISBURG, Pa. — Republican lawmakers across the country have tried to roll back the emergency powers that governors wielded during the COVID-19 pandemic, as...

Arizona AG rejects official’s call for probe of voting audit

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PHOENIX — Arizona's attorney attorney has brushed away the state's top election official's call for an investigation into possible irregularities in a legislative chamber's...

Hungary walks back controversial laws after EU court rulings

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BUDAPEST, Hungary — Hungary's government is walking back two controversial pieces of legislation that targeted foreign universities and civil society groups after they were...