Democracy
Hub articles
751 pieces
DECODING: Duct tape holds up US election security before the midterms
On July 31, 2026, a CNN report by Sean Lyngaas revealed that the Trump administration is working to rebuild from scratch the federal election…
FACT CHECK: Trump says everything is down, five times more prices went up
On July 31, 2026, CNN fact-checker Daniel Dale published an analysis calling Donald Trump's claim that everything else is down absolutely and unequivocally false.…
OPINION: Merz Under Fire as the CDU Learns the Political Price of Reform
On July 29, 2026 , Le Monde describes an " unprecedented " rebellion within the CDU against Friedrich Merz , a party usually known…
OPINION: ChatGPT Takes Your Pulse — Public Health Entrusted to a Language Model
OpenAI states, on the page announcing the launch of "Health in ChatGPT" dated July 23, 2026, that "every week, more than 300 million people…
COMMENTARY: A Supermarket in Chernihiv — the Normalization of War Crimes in Ukraine
On the night of July 27 to 28, 2026 , the Ukrainian Air Force reported that Russia had launched 147 strike drones — Shahed,…
EDITORIAL: Measles — America Gives Up a Twenty-Six-Year-Old Public Health Victory
There is a line , in a table the CDC updates every week, that should never have filled up the way it has. It…
EDITORIAL: Twenty Billion for Football's Soul, FIFA Puts the World Cup Up for Sale
FIFA announced on July 28, 2026 that it plans to create a new, separate company, FIFA Forward Enterprise (FFE) , to manage commercial rights…
COMMENTARY: Netanyahu in Washington, an Alliance Grinding Under the Weight of the Iran War
Donald Trump received Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on July 28, 2026 for talks lasting about an hour and a half , according…
OPINION: The Fed, the War and Inflation — Kevin Warsh's Impossible Dilemma
Some monetary policy meetings unfold in the quiet hum of spreadsheets. This one doesn't. The Federal Reserve opened its two-day meeting of the Federal…