FORGOTTEN HISTORY: 3 | History Defined

The Guardian view on Barack Obama’s new podcast: all the president’s books

Editorial: From Oprah Winfrey to Dua Lipa, there is no shortage of celebrity literary champions. But the former US leader is in a class of his own

The Guardian - UK · Oct 2

Trump boasts about his mobility at rally: ‘I can go ramp, I can go stair’

President Trump claimed that former President Biden ‘could never find the stairs’ during speech at the Peterbilt Motors Company plant in Denton, Texas

The Independent UK · Oct 2

Pete Hegseth creates Pentagon Office of Religious Affairs reporting directly to him

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is establishing a new Office of Religious Affairs to provide religious support. The office will report directly to him and support military chaplains. Critics have raised concerns about the potential elevation of Christianity in military policy. Hegseth aims to focus chaplains on spiritual care rather than…

The Economic Times · Oct 2

Trump's America.gov AI Says His Name Is in Epstein Files Before It Suddenly Stops Talking Politics

Trump's newly launched America.gov chatbot initially gave answers contradicting several of his claims, including on the 2020 election and climate change, before refusing political questions.

International Business Times UK · Sep 30

Pentagon says it has formally completed withdrawal of US troops from Iraq

Twelve years after US mission against IS began, Trump hails ‘great day for America’ and calls Iraq war ‘a quagmire’

The Guardian - US · Sep 30

Nancy Pelosi Championed a Hong Kong Dissident. She May Have Doomed Him.

American politicians who cooperate with foreign activists, whether individual or institutional, often do more harm than good.

Reason · Sep 30

Madam speaker, madam president: Ansari looks back on her first congressional job

Yassamin Ansari’s first term in Congress coincides with the last of Nancy Pelosi, her former boss. “It’s such a shame that I didn’t get to work here when she was speaker, because I have heard such incredible things,” says Ansari, a progressive Democrat from Arizona. “And I got to experience…

Roll Call · Sep 29

Trump offers Iran war naysayers an extreme endgame: ‘Let them hit us with a nuclear weapon’

ANALYSIS: Trump continues to insist America faced imminent nuclear threat, even as just half of Republicans say war was ‘worth it’, writes John Bowden

The Independent UK · Sep 28

Texas Republican called for public execution of Democratic leaders – report

Bo French, who is running to lead a state agency, has in the past posted controversial and racist statements online

The Guardian - US · Sep 28

Obama Claims Government Is 'Less Corrupt' and Women Are Better Leaders. There's a Problem With Both Ideas.

There's a lot of flaws in both sweeping claims—and one that they have in common.

Reason · Sep 28