In Tanzania, leaders of eastern and southern African regional blocs called for an “immediate and unconditional ceasefire” in eastern Congo as they met this weekend for an unprecedented joint summit.

Such an effort to concentrate authority in an all-controlling executive has a striking parallel in Europe: the remaking of Hungary under its longtime prime minister, Viktor Orban. Since coming to ...

Five former Treasury Secretaries issued a stark warning calling out President Donald Trump’s latest moves at the Treasury as ...

Imagine waking up one morning to find that your fundamental right to influence state policy through citizen-led initiatives has been effectively nullified. This ...

Has South Dakota soured on direct democracy? The answer to that question will be partly answered during the 2025 legislative ...

I love the fact that South Dakota was the first state in the nation to empower its citizens to initiate and refer laws, columnist Terry Woster writes.

Lawsuits mount against Trump’s 46 executive orders, with 33 filed as of Feb. 6, targeting policies on immigration, DEI, ...

Elon Musk’s involvement in government affairs is an unprecedented, extralegal appointment and a direct affront to democratic ...

Musk’s use of the social media platform he owns has become both a cudgel and a megaphone for the Republican administration.

Trump appears bent on ridding schools of dangerous practices like critical thinking and an unsanitized study of history.

Pilot and TimesOC readers share their thoughts about local issues and events, including this week the evolving plans for ...