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The governor of California is in a high-stakes battle with Donald Trump. It’s not yet clear who will win

The last governor of California who became president of the United States was Republican Ronald Reagan. Democrat Gavin Newsom wants to be the next one. To get there, Newsom is in a knife fight with Donald Trump.

The Conversation

Like Reagan, Trump is slashing US environment regulations, but his strategy may have a far deeper impact

When the Trump administration announced it was moving to eliminate dozens of U.S. climate policies, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin said he was sending “a dagger straight into the heart of the climate change religion.”

The Conversation

Trump administration has proven no friend to organized labor, from attacking federal unions to paralyzing the National Labor Relations Board

During the 2024 election campaign, the Republican Party’s historically fraught relationship with organized labor appeared to be changing. Several influential Republicans reached out to unions, seeking to cement the loyalties of the growing ranks of working-class Americans who have been backing Donald Trump’s presidential runs and voting for other members…

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Trump and Putin are set to meet Friday afternoon in Anchorage. Its mayor says the summit can ‘showcase the city’

All eyes will be the Alaskan city that has provided a world stage for presidents and leaders in recent history

The Independent UK

‘Petty or racist’: Ex White House photographer rips Trump for ‘hiding’ Obama portrait and bucking tradition

Pete Souza, who served under Obama and former president Ronald Reagan, said that breaking a longstanding tradition of where presidential portraits are hung was ‘pretty petty’

The Independent UK

US force has been used against drug traffickers before – but Trump’s plan is a dangerous escalation

The US president, Donald Trump, signed a secret directive on August 8 authorising the Pentagon to use military force against some Latin American drug cartels. To longtime observers of US foreign policy in the region, his directive only came as a partial surprise.

The Conversation

Who Is EJ Antoni? Trump Picks Economist From Ronald Reagan's 'Favorite Think Tank' To Head Bureau Of Labor Statistics

On Monday, President Donald Trump announced that he would nominate EJ Antoni as Commissioner for the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).

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Mutual inconvenience: why Alaska for the Trump-Putin summit on Ukraine?

Remote US state is not an easy destination for either leader, but the choice of venue reflects the many factors at play

The Guardian - UK

Mocking Elected Officials Is a Sign of a Healthy Democracy

Thin-skinned MAGA can dish it out, but can't take mockery.

Reason

Trump poised to meet Putin to discuss Ukraine – but Zelensky set to be left on the sidelines

This article was first published in The Conversation UK’s World Affairs Briefing email newsletter. Sign up to receive weekly analysis of the latest developments in international relations, direct to your inbox.

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Gaza isn’t the first time US officials have downplayed atrocities by American-backed regimes – genocide scholars found similar strategies used from East Timor to Guatemala to Yemen

Since World War II, the United States has repeatedly supported governments that have been committing mass atrocities, which are defined by genocide scholar Scott Straus as “large-scale, systematic violence against civilian populations.”

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Where Trump and Putin could meet as presidents expected to reunite for Ukraine ceasefire summit

With the summit venue yet to be announced, all eyes are on where the two presidents could meet

The Independent UK

Russia’s decision to pull out of nuclear treaty makes the world more dangerous

Russia has announced it will no longer uphold its obligations under the intermediate-range nuclear forces (INF) treaty, signed by the Soviet Union and the United States in December 1987. The decision has raised questions about the future of nuclear deterrence and the danger of global nuclear proliferation.

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'I Hope You're Losing Tons of Money': Jeff Daniels Blasts Trump Supporters Over Economic Fallout

Jeff Daniels may be known for his wide-ranging film roles — from the slapstick Harry in "Dumb and Dumber" to a serious Atticus Finch on Broadway — but his latest comments about politics and the economy have drawn attention for a very different reason.

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Medicare and Medicaid turn 60 – and face historic cuts decades in the making

Republicans enacted the largest cuts to healthcare in US history, and fulfilled decades of conservative rhetoric

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Dennis Quaid living in ‘paradise’ every day with fourth wife Lauria Savoie, calls it the relationship he never had

He’s not completely out of touch with how people might perceive the 39-year age gap.

Space

Space Force's Golden Dome chief says space-based missile interceptors are possible today. 'We have proven every element of the physics'

The head of the Trump administration's Golden Dome program says the technologies needed to create such an ambitious space-based missile defense system already exist.

The Conversation

Congress has a chequered history of overseeing US intelligence and national security

Tonya Ugoretz, a top FBI intelligence analyst, was placed on administrative leave in June. The FBI has not said why. But the decision came around the time she refused to endorse what was reportedly a thinly sourced report accusing China of interfering in the 2020 US presidential election in favour…

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Emil Bove’s appeals court nomination echoes earlier controversies, but with a key difference

President Donald Trump’s nomination of his former criminal defense attorney, Emil Bove, to be a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, has been mired in controversy.

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Could Rupert Murdoch bring down Donald Trump? A court case threatens more than just their relationship

If Rupert Murdoch becomes a white knight standing up to a rampantly bullying US president, the world has moved into the upside-down.

Fortune

Top economist Mohamed El-Erian says Trump's in a 'question mark' moment—and it could go the way of Ronald Reagan or Jimmy Carter

"It's a 50-50," the chief economist of Allianz said on Yahoo Finance's Morning Brief, adding this is something you usually see in developing countries.

Reason

Donald Trump, The Transformational President

The New York Times admits that Trump is going further than Buckley, Reagan, Goldwater, and Taft "might have imagined possible"

The Guardian - US

David Gergen, ex-adviser to Republican and Democratic presidents, dies aged 83

Serving Nixon, Ford, Reagan and Clinton, Gergen was a speechwriter and communications director

The Independent UK

David Gergen, adviser to Nixon, Ford, Reagan and Clinton, dies at 83

The late former Republican adviser slammed Trump in 2021, calling him ‘a bully — mean, nasty and disrespectful of anyone in his way’

The Conversation

Trump is aiming to silence public media in the US – and if he succeeds, his supporters here will take note

The ABC dodged a bullet in the Australian election. The Albanese government supports the ABC. In the United States, however, the 2024 presidential election severely wounded public media in America.

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