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Dozens of US scholars have signed an open letter calling on UK Prime Minister Burnham to end the ban on Palestine Action, describing the proscription as indefensible and counter-productive. The letter characterises the group as a nonviolent direct action movement whose stated goal is to save lives and prevent genocide, and urges the government to reverse its position.

The American Enterprise Institute has published a discussion asking whether a fundamental overhaul of how Congress operates could help restore the health of American democracy. The piece weighs institutional reforms to the legislative branch against growing concerns about dysfunction and polarization in Washington, adding to a broader debate among scholars and policy analysts about how US democratic institutions can be strengthened.