Where did U.S. public health go wrong? The field’s failure to integrate medical services in the mid-20th century set the stage for its current troubles Salon · Mar 6, 2025
Two great war leaders united by American isolationism: Charles de Gaulle and Volodymyr Zelensky Eighty-five years before Volodymyr Zelensky visited Downing Street in search of support for Ukrainian democracy, a Frenchman arrived in London with a similar request. The Conversation · Mar 5, 2025
More than half of Americans believe Trump will try for a third term - despite Constitution saying he can’t President has repeatedly mused about running for a third term and referred to himself as a ‘king’ The Independent UK · Mar 1, 2025
Legal Battle Overturning Humphrey's Executor Decision Looms Legal battle over Humphrey's Executor decision and presidential power impacting federal agency independence. Top News · Feb 20, 2025
How allies have helped the US gain independence, defend freedom and keep the peace – even as the US did the same for our friends Make Canada angry. Make Mexico angry. Make the members of NATO angry. The Conversation · Feb 20, 2025
Presidents and Social Security: How Presidents Have Impacted America's First Social Insurance Policy Since its inception in 1935, Social Security has expanded its mission and reach. Here is how each president from Roosevelt to Trump has impacted Social Security. Kiplinger · Feb 17, 2025
Before Trump: The long US history of tariff wars with Canada and the world From a chicken war to a banana brawl, here’s a history of tariff wars the US has fought in. Al Jazeera · Feb 4, 2025
Trump’s Project 2025 agenda caps decades-long resistance to 20th century progressive reform For much of the 20th century, efforts to remake government were driven by a progressive desire to make the government work for regular Americans, including the New Deal and the Great Society reforms. The Conversation · Feb 3, 2025
What is the 90-year-old tax rule Trump could use to double US taxes on foreigners? US President Donald Trump isn’t happy about the way some countries are taxing American citizens and companies. He has made clear he’s willing to retaliate, threatening to double taxes for their own citizens and companies. The Conversation · Jan 29, 2025
President Trump promises to make government efficient − and he’ll run into the same roadblocks as Presidents Taft, Roosevelt, Roosevelt, Truman, Eisenhower, Carter, Reagan, Clinton and Bush, among others As President Donald Trump issued a slew of executive orders and directives on his first day of his second administration, he explained his actions by saying, “It’s all about common sense.” The Conversation · Jan 24, 2025
Can The President Unilaterally Declare An Invasion? Or can only Congress declare an invasion, like Congress has the sole power to declare war? Reason · Jan 23, 2025
Donald Trump restores Diet Coke button to Oval Office – and other strange habits of US presidents The soft drink hotline was said to be back in place even before inauguration day was over Evening Standard · Jan 22, 2025
Netizens Compare Past First Ladies’ Inauguration Outfits After Melania’s Dress Goes Viral Here are the most memorable Inauguration Day looks by first ladies of the USA through the years. The post Netizens Compare Past First Ladies’ Inauguration Outfits After Melania’s Dress Goes Viral first appeared on Bored Panda. Bored Panda · Jan 20, 2025
How does Trump’s age at inauguration compare with other presidents? At 78 years and seven months, Donald Trump will become the oldest president in US history on inauguration day. Al Jazeera · Jan 20, 2025
Al Jazeera · Jan 20, 2025 How do Donald Trump’s executive orders compare to all other US presidents? Recent presidents of the United States have issued fewer executive orders.
The Conversation · Jan 2, 2025 Righting a wrong, name by name − the Irei monument honors Japanese Americans imprisoned by the US government during World War II June Aochi Berk, now 92 years old, remembers the trepidation and fear she felt 80 years ago on Jan. 2, 1945. On that date, Berk and her family members were released by military order from the U.S. government detention facility in Rohwer, Arkansas, where they had been imprisoned for three…
The Independent UK · Dec 16, 2024 Biden to sign proclamation establishing national monument honoring first US female Cabinet secretary President Joe Biden will sign a proclamation establishing a national monument honoring the late FDR-era Labor Secretary Frances Perkins
The Conversation · Dec 11, 2024 Trump wants to use the Alien Enemies Act to deport immigrants – but the 18th-century law has been invoked only during times of war President-elect Donald Trump often said during the 2024 presidential campaign that he plans to launch the nation’s largest-ever mass deportation operation in his second term.
Salon · Nov 18, 2024 Trump's risky Social Security plans Millions are barely scraping by on the program, which Trump seems determined to gut
The Independent UK · Nov 13, 2024 Trump and his team keep referencing a third term in 2028. But could he actually run again? The 22nd amendment bars presidents from a third term in office. Is it enough to stop Trump?
The Guardian - UK · Nov 10, 2024 The great remembrance divide: Britain fought for freedom in Europe, but against it in the colonies While war raged against Hitler, people in places such as India were brutalised – despite their own sacrifices to the cause, says author Mihir Bose
Salon · Nov 10, 2024 Trump and the imperial presidency Presidential powers have expanded dramatically throughout American history. Now we've handed them back to him
The Conversation · Nov 8, 2024 The election is over − but what is a ‘lame duck’ anyway? The 2024 election has finally ended. What happens now?
The Conversation · Oct 27, 2024 Ego, hubris and narcissism: Where Donald Trump ranks among the other 45 American presidents Sometimes Donald Trump really is a G.O.A.T. — the “greatest of all time” — among American presidents, at least. Of course, “greatest” in this instance refers to quantity or bulk, not quality.
The Guardian - US · Oct 10, 2024 Why are Democrats tarred as elites when the world’s richest man funds Trump? We’re living in a second Gilded Age of extreme inequality. Kamala Harris’s campaign should strike a more populist note