From pineapples to petrochemicals, Beijing uses trade to influence opinion, but analysts say it has little impact.

Members of Henderson’s City Council disclosed that they had a possible conflict of interest more than 20 times last year, but experts say those relationships are common and another city commission disclosed more than double the conflicts.

Members of Henderson’s City Council disclosed that they had a possible conflict of interest more than 20 times last year, but experts say those relationships are common and another city commission disclosed more than double the conflicts.

Taiwan will hold its contentious presidential and legislative election on January 13, with millions of Taiwanese voters expected to vote and elect a new president to lead the democratic island amid heightened tensions across the Taiwan Strait.

A guide to this month’s vote which will determine who runs the island for the next four years.

Since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, triggering states to put in place abortion restrictions, Planned Parenthood centers have continued to see a rise of out-of-state patients in Nevada, which has become a hub for abortion care in the desert.

Tsai wields lightsaber, poses with Baby Yoda at hobbyist event.

Draconian anti-abortion policies in Texas and other states forcing women to give birth at the cost of their own health, compromised or dead fetuses, or jailing women and their doctors have stimulated questions about whether American states can co-exist with each other. But instead of a new “war between the states,” we may be seeing red states acting out anti-urban politics against their own cities and metropolitan areas—not only culturally, but economically.

From the darkest of dark horses to the vainest of vanity projects, this has been a banner year for candidates who were over before they started

The city redacted emails and declined interviews regarding plans for a December election that a top official said could disrupt presidential primary planning.

Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) has indicated she’ll decide on a third-party presidential bid within the next couple months. Others, like Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), have also flirted with the idea of a non-major-party White House bid. We asked election analysts and political scientists: Should either major party be worried about a third-party ticket in 2024?

Internationally, the results of the elections in Taiwan will spill over to the elections around the world later that year. If voters in South Korea and India are influenced by the election results in Taiwan, along with the unpredictable elections in Ukraine and Russia in March, the outcomes of these elections could in turn influence the 2024 U.S. presidential election.