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THE TRUTH ABOUT: Harry truman - Caught on Camera

Bunker busters and a Burger King: a visual guide to US military bases on British soil

War with Iran has brought 15 American sites across the UK countryside firmly into the spotlight

The Guardian - UK

Queen Elizabeth Was Wary of 'Opportunist' Meghan Markle Early On, New Book Claims

As new books claim Queen Elizabeth II quickly viewed Meghan Markle as an 'opportunist' with sharp PR instincts, conflicting insider accounts and unverified anecdotes continue to shape public understanding of the Sussexes' break from the royal family.

International Business Times UK

A War by Any Other Name

From Korea to Iran, the United States has employed countless euphemisms that not only obscure the true nature of its wars but also the constitutional limits designed to constrain them.

Reason

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Vietnam ruined Lyndon B. Johnson’s political career. Will Donald Trump face the same fate over Iran?

Is United States President Donald Trump lurching toward decline and fall? Will he and his MAGA movement reprise Lyndon B. Johnson’s story, when the quagmire of the Vietnam War took the Democratic president out of the 1968 election and gave Republican Richard Nixon the opening he needed to defeat the…

The Conversation

In its hunt for critical minerals, the US is misconstruing what is and is not America’s

Americans have a reputation for being bad at world geography, and the current U.S. administration is no exception, particularly when it comes to correctly identifying what is – and is not – part of the United States of America.

The Conversation

Analilia Mejia clings to narrow lead in New Jersey special election primary

The Democratic primary for New Jersey’s 11th District remains close, with Analilia Mejia and Tom Malinowski locked in a tight race.

Roll Call

Trump’s insistence on personal loyalty from ambassadors could crimp US foreign policy

Just before Christmas, President Donald Trump fired more than two dozen career ambassadors. The action was unprecedented, providing a clear signal that when it comes to diplomacy, Trump values loyalty above all else.

The Conversation

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Criminal probe raises key question: Will Powell leave the Fed in May?

Trump said on Tuesday that he hopes to name a new Fed chair in the next few weeks. But that could get held up by the criminal investigation of Powell.

Euronews

Justice Barrett, Trump v. Slaughter, and Presidential Removal Power from 1969 to 1989

Humphrey's Executor from 1969 to 1989.

Reason

US territorial ambitions in Denmark: from the Danish West Indies to Greenland

President Donald Trump’s renewed insistence that the United States should "get Greenland" has reopened a diplomatic wound between Washington and Copenhagen, reviving memories of the only time the US successfully purchased Danish territory: the 1917 acquisition of the Danish West Indies.

Radio France Internationale

Just 38 bills were passed by Congress this year as Trump consolidates power in Washington

The GOP-led House and Senate has set a modern record for the least legislative output in the first year of a new president’s term

The Independent UK

Trump’s second term is reshaping US science with unprecedented cuts and destabilizing policy changes

Before 2025, science policy rarely made headline news. Through decades of changing political winds, financial crises and global conflicts, funding for U.S. research and innovation has remained remarkably stable, reflecting the American public’s strong support for investing in basic science.

The Conversation

The turkey pardon: A quirky White House custom

Behind the scenes of a tradition shaped by protests, kids and poultry politics.

Axios

Trump’s diss to France, UK and Russia in his Veterans Day speech: ‘We’re the one that won the wars’

Trump’s Veterans Day remarks veered into grievance as he suggested America — not her allies — should be celebrating victories in both world wars

The Independent UK

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Girlbands Forever reminds us of the toxic pressure women faced in the 2000s - and the progress still to be made

From fat shaming to being told motherhood would 'ruin' their careers - the BBC documentary lays bare the misogyny top noughties girl groups suffered

The Guardian - AU

What is the White House East Wing and why has it been torn down in Trump’s renovation plans?

President Donald Trump is adding a $300m ballroom to the White House – but that plan has come at the cost of the historic East Wing

The Independent UK

Trump’s throwback to ‘Department of War’ signals a retreat from modern world into past glory

ANALYSIS: Trump’s latest rebranding exercise only makes sense if you don’t know much about what the Pentagon actually does, writes Andrew Feinberg

The Independent UK

Trump's push to change Department of Defense to 'War Department' would turn back the clock to WWII

President Donald Trump’s push to rename the Department of Defense goes beyond subjective word choices about what to call the military agency

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Euronews

Why has Trump renamed the US Department of Defense to Department of War?

Although the US President’s decision to rename the Department of Defense is a highly controversial one, the government arm was actually called the Department of War until 1947.

The Independent UK

Trump says he and Secretary Hegseth want to take ‘Department of Defense’ back 80 years

The Department of Defense was created in 1949 by combining the Army, Navy and Air Force departments

The Guardian - US

‘Trump is a wrecking ball’: behind the president’s $200m plan to build a White House ballroom

The president, who made his money in construction, takes on one of the biggest White House projects in over a century

Reason

How 'National Security' Came Unmoored From Americans' Actual Security

The turning point was the New Deal.

We Got This Covered

‘So embarrassing’: Badly made-up Donald Trump compares self to Harry Truman dropping a nuclear bomb on Japan

Fire that make-up artist!

The Independent UK

Trump compares himself to Truman after Iran attack

Donald Trump has compared himself to Harry Truman following the United States' bombing of three of Iran’s nuclear sites last month (21 June).

The Independent UK

Trump just became first US president to drop the F-bomb on live TV. But he’s not the first to be caught cursing

Donald Trump may have crossed a new line but he isn’t the only potty-mouthed president, a tradition that dates all the way back to Abraham Lincoln

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