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In 1972, Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson gave the Texas White House and about 600 acres to the US but kept lifetime rights; she continued living there until 2007

Lyndon B. Johnson and Lady Bird Johnson donated their Texas ranch house and about 600 acres to the National Park Service in 1972, but retained lifetime rights to use the property. After Lyndon Johnson died in 1973, Lady Bird continued living at the ranch until her death in 2007. The…

The Times of India

Before foodies: How Canberra became the town that liked to go out

It took decades for the capital to get a real restaurant.

The Canberra Times

Some paid the ultimate price to enact voting rights. Their survivors see America turning backward

It's been six decades since the Voting Rights Act was enacted

The Independent UK

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In Iran, Trump’s victory claims only deepened a self-made catastrophe

What the US president succeeded in obliterating was any rationale he offered for going to war

The Guardian - US

Home where King planned Selma voting rights marches opens at Michigan museum

A home where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and other leaders planned strategies during the Civil Rights movement in the Deep South now has been rebuilt at a Michigan museum after being dismantled and hauled from Alabama

The Independent UK

More universities are disinviting commencement speakers who might challenge students’ ideas, unraveling an apolitical tradition

Delivering a university commencement address used to simply be a unique kind of honor. Speakers stand before a podium, wearing a traditional graduation cap and robe, and offer graduates life lessons and inspirational words as they enter the next phase of life.

The Conversation

Why is the Democratic party still hiding its 2024 election autopsy?

No one has more at stake than Kamala Harris – who has ‘signaled’ support for its release without saying so publicly

The Guardian - US

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Republicans would rather self-destruct than save themselves from Trump

As the president’s popularity withers, the party has no will to stage an intervention against him

The Guardian - US

'Hilariously Retarded': Rubio Criticised for His Gift to Pope Leo During Vatican Visit

Senator Marco Rubio's gift of a crystal football to Pope Leo during a Vatican visit has sparked criticism and social media backlash, highlighting cultural differences in diplomatic exchanges.

International Business Times UK

UK politics: Starmer avoids privileges committee inquiry into vetting of Peter Mandelson – as it happened

MPs rejected a Conservative party proposal for the prime minister to face a parliamentary inquiry into his appointment of Peter Mandelson

The Guardian - UK

Trump sidelined Congress’ authority over war on Iran – and lawmakers allowed it, extending a 75-year trend

Lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives set April 21, 2026, as the date to hear from and question top Pentagon officials Adm. Brad Cooper, the head of U.S. Central Command, and Gen. Dagvin R.M. Anderson, head of U.S. Africa Command, about the war in Iran. But Republican legislators put…

The Conversation

Trump treats war as entertainment

The president likes to watch "stuff blowing up" in Iran. People are paying for his distraction with their lives

Salon

Texas judge rejects push to let churches make political endorsements

A group of Texas churches and the IRS agreed to nix the Johnson Amendment, which prohibits nonprofits from endorsing candidates. A Trump-appointed judge said no.

The Texas Tribune

Trump faces a ‘personal Vietnam’ in Iran

He is stuck in a quagmire. His goals are elusive. His bombing does not force a surrender. He has no exit strategy. Good morning, Vietnam

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A sweeping biography of Robert McNamara wins $50,000 book prize

A deep and wide-ranging biography of former Defense Secretary Robert McNamara has won a $50,000 prize

The Independent UK

Disgust over ‘frightened’ Republican lawmaker going anonymous to warn of Trump triggering Iran ‘doomsday scenario’

A GOP lawmaker was called out for remaining anonymous to criticize Trump on Iran

The Guardian - UK

Trump broke his promises to pursue this unwinnable war. Britain must not follow him into the abyss

The bombing of Iran is deeply unpopular. Despite the Tories’ urgings, Keir Starmer must not further embroil the UK in this disaster, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

Reason

Yes, States May Prosecute ICE Agents for Misconduct

Plus: An unsettling comparison between the Iran War and “Lyndon Johnson going into Vietnam.”

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House Republicans are secretly comparing Trump’s Iran attacks to ‘LBJ going into Vietnam’: report

‘Most Republicans want clear objectives, clearer than they are now,’ one GOP lawmaker said

The Guardian - US

Trump’s attack on Venezuela without alerting Congress tests limits of executive power

Trump’s audacious arrest of Maduro marks a conspicuous break with convention, even as previously observed by the president himself

The Conversation

Deception and lies from the White House to justify a war in Venezuela? We’ve seen this movie before in run-ups to wars in Vietnam and Iraq

Are Americans about to be led again into a war based on misrepresentations and lies? It’s happened before, most recently with the wars in Iraq and Vietnam.

The Conversation

Comedians and kings: is Donald Trump reviving the ancient crime of lèse-majesté?

Donald Trump has a problem with comedian Seth Meyers and it fits a consistent pattern of hyper-sensitivity to criticism and satire.

The Independent UK

Q&A: A look at the National Guard's role as Trump seeks to deploy troops in Oregon and Chicago

President Donald Trump’s efforts to send National Guard troops into U.S. cities — including Los Angeles, Portland, Oregon, and Chicago — over the objections of Democratic mayors and governors have prompted a host of questions about the president’s authority and who controls the Guard

The Independent UK

Robert Caro reflects on childhood as he receives New York Historical's Historians' Laureate Medal

Robert Caro has received the first-ever Historians' Laureate Medal from The New York Historical

Reason

Before Trump Had Elon Musk, Nixon Had Howard Phillips

Nixon's director of the Office of Economic Opportunity set out to shrink government, mostly failed, and was gone in less than a year. Sound familiar?

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