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Meeting Jimmy Carter — and getting a scoop about Bush, Blair and Iraq from the perfect gentleman

When Andrew Buncombe met the 39th president it was rare for ex-occupants of Oval Office to criticize their successors

The Independent UK

Presidents' Unique Christmas Traditions Throughout History

U.S. presidents have unique Christmas traditions, from Biden's White House sleepover to Trump's Mar-a-Lago visits.

Top News

Malta summit ends the cold war – archive, 1989

On 3 December 1989, the US and the USSR declared an end to the cold war. A few days later, European Community leaders met to shape a single European market for the 1990s. See how the Guardian reported events

The Guardian - UK

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Nate Silver predicts Democratic comeback

Silver compared Trump's win to George Bush's victory in 2004, which was a turning point for the Democratic Party

Salon

From Thatcher to Trump and Brexit: my seven lessons learned after 28 years as Guardian economics editor

The free market experiment has failed, free trade is out, and populism is rife but it can be defeated if the left can galvanise ideas into a credible plan

The Guardian - UK

An insider’s view of why Harris lost: The strategy was vague, the campaign too general

Donald Trump, the President-elect of the United States, is a once-in-a-generation political talent. His victory against Kamala Harris will be attributed to a wide range of factors. Pundits will hyper-analyse margins, cross-tabulated by gender, ethnicity and race, and each explanation will be more or less accurate because a single reason…

Newslaundry

What to expect on election night: Polls closing, exit polls and results

Georgia will be the first of the must-win battleground states to close its polls at 7pm ET on Tuesday evening

The Independent UK

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32 Celebs Who Are Awesome at Impressions

Prepare to be impressed by some exceptional mimicry.

Marie Claire

Pioneering White House chef steps down after cooking for five presidents and first families

Cristeta Comerford, 61, was the first woman to hold the top job and also the first person of color

The Independent UK

JD Vance has a walk-on song. It’s about ‘liberating’ America

The song’s origins make it an odd fit for the Trump campaign

The Independent UK

When US presidents and UK prime ministers met for the first time – from hand-holding to ‘political soulmates’

Sir Keir Starmer and Joe Biden’s working relationship may be different to that of forerunners, such as Theresa May and Donald Trump, and Gordon Brown and Barack Obama

The Independent UK

The 35 greatest Saturday Night Live sketches

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Total Film

‘A lot would have to go wrong for Biden to lose’: can Allan Lichtman predict the 2024 election?

The professor on his famous 13 ‘keys’ to the White House, a method for predicting election results that’s been right nine times out of 10

The Guardian - US

Joseph Lieberman, an iconoclast who frustrated the Democratic Party, dies at 82 - Roll Call

Former Sen. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut, who defied the Democratic Party even as he blazed trails, has died at age 82.

Roll Call

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‘I had to do my bit’: a history of controversial politics at the Oscars

The fallout from Jonathan Glazer’s rousing yet willfully misconstrued acceptance speech makes him the latest in a long line of artists who have tried to use a public stage for good

The Guardian - US

The Achilles Trap: Steve Coll on how the US fatally failed to read Saddam

The reporter’s new book considers the dark comedy of errors – and a dictator’s literary ambition – that led America to war

Salon

Tough love for Democrats: Fight dirty

Political scientist turned strategist sees a winning strategy: Paint the GOP as murderous, delusional fascists

Metal Hammer

“Headbanging is more fun than going through a windshield!” Watch Iron Maiden star in the bizarre seatbelt safety advert from 1991 that almost got them a meeting with the President Of The United States

Iron Maiden appeared in a Crash Test Dummies commercial in the early ’90s, and Bruce Dickinson almost met the President because of it

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Salon

Green Day bashes Trump during NYE show

Mid-song during Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve, singer Billie Joe Armstrong made a pointed lyric change

The Independent UK

The Electoral College is a ‘bad’ and ‘undemocratic’ system. So why does the US still use it?

In the most powerful democracy in the world, two of its last four leaders have been chosen by a minority of voters. The US’s Electoral College system is now functioning far from how its creators originally intended, Gustaf Kilander writes

AAP

Right decision: minister stands by Iraq invasion call

Previously secret cabinet documents have revealed discussions inside the government before Australia committed to the Iraq War.

AAP

Iraq invasion and carbon crusade in 2003 cabinet papers

High-level discussions about Australia's decision to enter the Iraq War and a deadly virus that swept the world have been revealed in cabinet papers from 2003.

The Guardian - US

‘Did you just hear John Roberts scream?’: US supreme court to have outsized influence in 2024 election

Court temporarily waved off request from special counsel prosecuting Trump, but it’ll likely soon have to wade into fray

The Conversation

US election: Jewish and Muslim votes probably don't have the power to change the outcome – despite backlash on Gaza policy

Recent polling suggests that Joe Biden’s policy of backing Israel in the Israeli-Palestinian war is hurting him in the eyes of American Muslims.

WEKU

The idea of a national African American museum went back 100 years before its opening

The museum celebrated the 20th anniversary of legislation that funded it this week, but it can trace its origins back to Black veterans who fought for the Union Army in the Civil War.

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