"Camp Donald" is the next Trump grift Trump's plan to turn his Florida golf club into an official presidential retreat — and reap the benefits Salon · 3h ago
2 midterm elections that brought on new eras in US politics The conventional wisdom is that the Democratic Party has the advantage in the 2026 midterm elections and could become the majority party in one, or both, chambers of Congress. The margin of that anticipated victory is harder to predict. The Conversation · Sep 23
Pressure review – Andrew Scott shines in a nerdy yet ordinary wartime drama 3/5 Ahead of his Oscar-tipped role in ‘Elsinore’, the Irish actor predicts the weather and enrages Brendan Fraser’s Eisenhower The Independent UK · Sep 10
Damian Lewis feels ‘moral responsibility’ playing real people on screen He is playing General Sir Bernard Montgomery in the new Second World War drama Pressure Evening Standard · Sep 1
RFK Jr spills a family secret as he returns to Camp David after 62 years RFK Jr. visited Camp David on Friday, marking his first time at the presidential retreat in approximately 62 years. “I came here on weekends, many weekends, between 1961 and 1963,” he said at a meeting of President Donald Trump ’s Cabinet . “My father loved this place, my uncle loved… The Independent UK · Jul 31
Air Force One is more than transportation – it has defined how presidents run the country and meet the world Air Force One used to be a high-flying symbol of American technology, ingenuity and power. For many, it was also a source of national pride. The Conversation · Jul 27
Was Erdoğan's gun gift a faux pas or an old-school diplomatic tradition? When NATO leaders opened their gift boxes from the Turkish president and found a .357 Magnum revolver, some panicked and others laughed. But gifting heads of state lavish, personalised firearms is a tradition as old as Samuel Colt — and as recent as a Czech pistol presented to Trump in… Euronews · Jul 10
Christians claim US as their own again The insistence that the U.S. is “one nation under God” stems from existential fear Salon · Jun 29
2026 isn’t the first time Christians have tried to claim the United States as their own Amid celebrations of America’s 250th anniversary, assertions of the country’s religious, and specifically Christian, character have grown louder in political discourse. The Conversation · Jun 26
Pressure review – Andrew Scott and Brendan Fraser can’t save lower-tier D-day drama A behind-the-scenes second world war drama focused on the importance of weather is too stodgy and repetitive to work as anything but a so-so TV movie The Guardian - US · May 27
Trump’s exchange with Pope Leo reflects deep-rooted tensions between the Vatican and the United States: 4 essential reads President Donald Trump and Pope Leo XIV, the U.S.-born head of the Catholic Church, had an unusual and acrimonious public exchange over the weekend. The Conversation · Apr 13
Queen Elizabeth II centenary exhibition reveals how her iconic wardrobe shaped diplomacy, identity and timeless royal style across seven decades Queen Elizabeth II's enduring style, a blend of practical elegance and subtle diplomacy, is showcased in a new exhibition. From tweed skirts promoting British production to her coronation gown adorned with Commonwealth symbols, her wardrobe communicated strength and global connection. Even a transparent raincoat highlighted her visibility and adaptability, reflecting… The Times of India · Apr 9
Ali Khamenei’s killing continues long US tradition of letting others pull the trigger The US and Israel assassinated Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in a joint operation in late February. In a post on social media, Donald Trump boasted that Khamenei was “unable to avoid our Intelligence and Highly Sophisticated Tracking Systems”. Trump added that “there was not a thing he, or… The Conversation · Mar 12
Cuba has survived 66 years of US-led embargoes. Will Trump’s blockade break it now? After toppling Venezuela’s leader earlier this year, the Trump administration has turned its sights on Cuba. The near-total blockade of the island is now posing the greatest challenge to the government since the Cuban missile crisis in 1962. The Conversation · Feb 24
Reason · Jan 11 Justice Barrett, Trump v. Slaughter, and Presidential Removal Power from 1969 to 1989 Humphrey's Executor from 1969 to 1989.
The Guardian - US · Nov 23, 2025 They’re doing to America what they did to Christianity Trump’s wrecking-ball approach to America has a precedent: the evangelical perversion of Jesus’s message of radical love to one of hate and aggression
The Guardian - US · Nov 6, 2025 US military buildup off Venezuela coast stirs echoes of 1989 Panama invasion Some see anti-Noriega operation as model for deposing Maduro but others say US-orchestrated military coup is more likely option
Barchart · Sep 25, 2025 How I Used Barchart’s Stock Tools to Test a 70-Year-Old Wall Street Slogan Plus, three Israel-based stocks to buy for Yom Kippur.
The Conversation · Sep 19, 2025 The president as partisan warrior: Trump’s rejection of traditional presidential statesmanship In a classic work on the modern presidency originally published in 1960, political scientist Richard Neustadt wrote that the American public “expects the man in the White House to do something about everything.”
The Conversation · Jun 17, 2025 The use of federal troops to quell Los Angeles protests recalls militarized law enforcement during the Civil Rights Movement President Donald Trump activated 4,000 National Guard troops on June 10, 2025, to quell protests in Los Angeles over immigration raids – without the normal request from the state. He has also sent to Los Angeles hundreds of U.S. Marines, with the goal of protecting the unprecedented deportation operations by…
Reason · Jun 16, 2025 Parades Are Great, but We Shouldn't Venerate the Military America’s founders were deeply suspicious of a standing army.
The Independent UK · Jun 12, 2025 Trump's military parade is a US outlier in peacetime but parades and reviews have a long history The military parade commemorating the U.S. Army’s 250th anniversary and coinciding with Donald Trump’s 79th birthday will be a new spectacle for many Americans
The Independent UK · Apr 20, 2025 Navy cancels speech by podcaster who planned to reference its ban on more than 300 books The Annapolis, Maryland college was ordered to remove nearly 400 books from its shelves last month to comply with one of Trump’s executive orders
Salon · Apr 19, 2025 The acid trip too weird for the Huxleys How Britain's most famous intellectual family hit the rocks one intense acid-drenched night in Connecticut
The Guardian - US · Apr 12, 2025 The Determined Spy: Frank Wisner, the CIA and a covert career cut short New biography tells story of operative who directed coups in Iran and Guatemala and grappled with mental illness