Trump’s Threats to Media in Jimmy Kimmel Fallout Resemble World Autocrat

The tactics President Trump has embraced place the United States in awkward company as freedom of expression is declining in dozens of countries.

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Threatening Broadcasters, Trump Takes a Page From the World’s Autocrats

The tactics President Trump has embraced place the United States in awkward company as freedom of expression is declining in dozens of countries.

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Budapest Pride Parade Will Go On Despite Orban’s Ban. How Will He Respond?

Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s party enacted the ban, trying to create a dilemma for the opposition leader. Now it is the government that faces a tough choice.

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Trump’s Battle With Harvard Is Familiar to a University the Right Forced into Exile

A school founded by George Soros fled Hungary after it was targeted by an authoritarian leader. Academics at the school say President Trump is using a similar playbook against Harvard.

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Hungary Changes Constitution to Mandate Two Genders

The governing Fidesz party passed a constitutional amendment stating that all Hungarians are either male or female, and another protecting the “moral development” of children.

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Leaders Flex Muscles Against International Criminal Court

The leaders of Israel, Hungary and the United States have moved to neutralize the judiciary both at home and abroad.

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Boston Faces Identity Crisis Amid Trump’s Cuts to University and Research Funding

Colleges and teaching hospitals are the cornerstones of the city’s economy — and identity. But federal funding cuts to higher education could change that.

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Hungary Announces ICC Withdrawal as Netanyahu Visits

The announcement came hours after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel arrived in the country for a visit despite facing an international arrest warrant.

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Netanyahu Arrives in Hungary, Finding a Rare Welcome in Europe

The visit comes as the Israeli prime minister faces an arrest warrant against him by the International Criminal Court.

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‘This Is Worse’: Trump’s Judicial Defiance Veers Beyond the Autocrat Playbook

The president’s escalating conflict with federal courts is more aggressive than what happened in countries like Hungary and Turkey, experts say.

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