Before Paul Volcker became an all-powerful Fed Chief in 1979, the agency frequently deferred to the White House.

ASK has called for an impartial and thorough investigation, expressing concern over serious human rights violations and misuse of legal power, including arbitrary arrests, forced confessions, and supp ...

In early August last year, Bangladesh witnessed a mini-revolution which saw the ouster of long-serving leader Sheikh Hasina ...

A recently filed lawsuit before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court arguing that closed primaries violate the state constitution ...

Australia’s earliest female political aspirants were staunchly independent, setting up a tradition that would remain more ...

The Florida Democratic Party is considering a proposal to allow independent voters to participate in its primaries. They should. Here's why.

Jim Walden says the independent candidates running for mayor of NYC should agree to drop out unless they're leading in the ...

Former president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland Loretta Mester says it's important that the Fed stays independent ...

LONDON (AP) — Conservative politician Norman Tebbit, a key ally of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in her free-market transformation of Britain, has died at the age of 94, his family said Tuesday.

Three Tasmanian political names have joined forces to demand an end to taxpayer funding for greyhound racing. Independent candidate for Franklin Peter George, Clark member Kristie Johnston and ...

Dan Walters: California politicians ignore agriculture’s troubles but boost movie business State’s $60 billion-a-year farm industry is beset by economic and political factors threatening to ...

Slain Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, were laid to rest Saturday — weeks after they were killed in what authorities allege was a politically motivated shooting ...