China’s population shrank for the first time in decades last year as its birthrate plunged, official figures showed Tuesday, adding to pressure on leaders to keep the economy growing despite an aging workforce and at a time of rising tension with the U.S.
Fewer than 10% of Americans rate the honesty and ethical standards of members of Congress as high or very high, making legislators fall behind car salespeople and only above telemarketers on a list of almost 20 professions.
Superior Court Judge Peter Thompson ruled that the claims on trial lacked lacked “clear and convincing” proof of intentional wrongdoing in Maricopa County that would affect the outcome of the Arizona election.