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Voters have few options to remove George Santos from Congress – aside from waiting until the next election
Jonathan Entin, Case Western Reserve University There are mounting calls from both politicians and voters to force the newly elected apparent fabulist U.S. Rep. George Santos from Congress following revelations he fabricated his background and other details of his life. But New York’s 3rd Congressional District voters, who elected Santos as their representative in November 2022, cannot directly force him out of office until the next election, in November 2024. It appears that Santos, who beat Democrat Robert Zimmerman during
Why Istanbul’s mayor was sentenced to jail – and what it means for Turkey’s 2023 presidential race
Ahmet T. Kuru, San Diego State University A Turkish court’s decision on Dec. 14, 2022, to jail Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu for two years and seven months for insulting public officials hung on comments he made three years ago. But
Western leaders are divided over the future of relations with China
Stefan Wolff, University of Birmingham European Council president Charles Michel heads to Beijing on December 1, the latest in a procession of western leaders to seek an audience with Xi Jinping, in a year when the Chinese president has cemented
How the news media – long in thrall to Trump – can cover his new run for president responsibly
Thomas E. Patterson, Harvard Kennedy School Now that he’s in the 2024 presidential race, the media circus that is Donald Trump is returning for a new season. Trump is still newsworthy. He’s been weakened by his defeat in the 2020
Ron DeSantis: the Florida governor who may steal the Republican nomination from under his mentor Donald Trump’s nose
Thomas Gift, UCL Is Ron DeSantis the heir apparent to Donald Trump? It sure looked like it on Tuesday. In a US midterm election that saw his Republican party underperform nationally, DeSantis was the spectacular outlier, turning in a dominant