Before Polk was inaugurated, John Tyler asked Congress to “invite” Texas in as a state without a treaty. This, they concluded ...

All books featured in this new section are available from Middle East Books and More , the nation’s preeminent bookstore on the ­Middle East and U.S.

This year, the Colorado Times Recorder team focused a lot of our efforts on one of the biggest problems plaguing American democracy: the presence of dark money in politics.

For the 16th consecutive year, Norway was named the most democratic country in the world, with a score of 9.81. New Zealand and Sweden followed. Afghanistan has been the lowest-ranked country since ...

A legal fight could restore the state’s power to set its own limits on contributions to super PACs and encourage public financing. People gather outside of the Supreme Court Building to protest ...

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