Kevin Warsh: Trump’s ideal choice to push Fed to cut interest rates Former Wall Street banker faces questions at confirmation hearing – but his biggest backer is also his biggest liability The Guardian - US · Apr 21
Faster Than Iraq: Donald Trump's Iran War Support Collapses At 'Staggering' Record Speed Public support for Donald Trump's Iran war is dropping at an unprecedented pace, with comparisons to Iraq highlighting deepening fear, confusion and political risk. International Business Times UK · Apr 20
Tina Fey admits some of her SNL jokes were ‘on the wrong side’ but defends Sarah Palin sketches Actor says political skits ‘were what we would call a fair hit’ The Independent UK · Apr 20
Dana Perino was terrified to leave the White House — until George W. Bush changed how she thinks about her career Former White House press secretary Dana Perino says George W. Bush taught her to stop rigid career planning and focus on now. Fortune · Apr 18
Takeaways from AP-Grist reporting on federal support for rural renewable energy The Associated Press and Grist have collaborated on a project to analyze how federal policy changes on energy are affecting farmers The Independent UK · Apr 17
Trump Says He Gets 'No Credit' For Taking $0 Salary — Compared With Biden's $1.6M, Obama's $3.2M Donald Trump claims to be the only US president to waive his salary, while media outlets countered that John F. Kennedy and even Herbert Hoover donated their presidential salaries to charities. International Business Times UK · Apr 16
Don’t buy the MAGA civil war hype Loud feuds among right-wing figures mask a base that still largely falls in line Salon · Apr 16
Billy Ray Cyrus defends Trump: ‘Being president is tough’ Country music star endorsed Trump in the 2024 presidential election and performed at his inaugural ball The Independent UK · Apr 14
Is Iran Trump’s Suez crisis, or just a passing thunderstorm? Britain’s standing in the world was never the same after its assault on Egypt in 1956. Now the US risks repeating history in the Middle East The Guardian - UK · Apr 11
How the Iran war could create a new global order in oil Changes in the global market could keep oil prices higher and in the long term even shake the foundations of U.S. power. Axios · Apr 10
Leavitt insists Americans ignore Trump’s words on Iran and focus on the bottom line after ‘Praise be to Allah’ diss White House spokesperson maintains Trump’s extreme rhetoric has no effect on America’s moral standing The Independent UK · Apr 8
Presidential words can turn the unthinkable into the thinkable − for better or for worse Among the most disorienting things about President Donald Trump’s public language is how easily it can feel numbing and shocking in the same moment. He says something outrageous, the country recoils, and then the recoil itself begins to feel familiar. The Conversation · Apr 8
Random Musing: Donald Trump threatens to 'end civilisation'? A brief guide to life in the Stone Age Since the war started, Trump has threatened to bomb Iran into the “stone age” numerous times, and unfortunately for us, and unlike the boy who cried wolf, Trump has at his disposal the greatest war machine ever assembled by the human race and with acolytes who are willing to carry… The Times of India · Apr 7
Nationwide Injunctions, a Crucial Check on Presidential Power, Are Not Dead Yet Both Donald Trump and Joe Biden asked the Supreme Court to abolish nationwide injunctions, which allow federal judges to stop a federal policy from going into effect. Reason · Apr 5
International Business Times UK · Apr 4 Donald Trump Records Worst Independent Approval Rating Ever, Polling Below Nixon Before Resignation Explore the unprecedented decline in President Trump's approval ratings among independent voters, surpassing historical lows set by Nixon during Watergate. Discover the factors driving this trend and its implications for his presidency.
The Conversation · Apr 4 US and Iran: A brief history of how decades of mistrust and bad blood led to open warfare With U.S. bombs raining down on Iran and Tehran’s leaders responding by hitting targets across the Persian Gulf and restricting transit through the Strait of Hormuz, it is fair to suggest that the present moment represents a low in relations between the two countries.
The Conversation · Apr 1 Why Donald Trump will try to declare victory in Iran well before November The Iranian regime is certainly brutal. But it’s also powerful as it continues to project its might after a month of illegal air strikes by the United States and Israel.
The Independent UK · Mar 31 CNN’s data guru says Trump’s approval rating is ‘as low as Death Valley’ President’s net approval rating with independents at this point in his second term is lower than the approval ratings for both Richard Nixon and George W Bush during the same period of their second terms
The Conversation · Mar 31 Artemis II’s long countdown – a space historian explains why it has taken over 50 years to return to the Moon While I was leading a tour of the National Air and Space Museum in January 2026, a visitor posed this insightful question: “Why has it taken so long to return to the Moon?”
Evening Standard · Mar 31 King’s trip to see Trump: How the royals charmed the Americans on their travels Buckingham Palace has confirmed Charles and Camilla are to make a state visit to the US despite the conflict in the Middle East.
The Conversation · Mar 26 NASA’s Artemis II mission will take an astronaut crew around the Moon – a space policy expert describes the long road to launch NASA is once again shooting for the Moon, for the first time since the 1970s. As soon as April 2026, NASA will launch its Artemis II mission, using the Space Launch System heavy lift rocket to send a crewed spacecraft, called Orion, into orbit. From there, the crew will circle…
The Conversation · Mar 25 U.S. actions in Iran are politically motivated, not the result of intelligence failures Intelligence agencies are often blamed when the use of military force has an unexpected or negative outcome. Pundits often argue leaders end up in difficult situations because they are not fully informed, or intelligence agencies got it wrong.
Reason · Mar 24 A War by Any Other Name From Korea to Iran, the United States has employed countless euphemisms that not only obscure the true nature of its wars but also the constitutional limits designed to constrain them.
The Conversation · Mar 23 How the words that Iran and America use about each other paved the way for conflict The conflict between the US – and its partner Israel – and Iran was nearly half a century in the making. Many explanations have been offered: strategic miscalculation, nuclear brinkmanship, regional rivalry and the failure of deterrence of Iran’s nuclear programme. But there is also the nature of the language…
The Conversation · Mar 23 The ever-evolving Latino vote is rapidly shifting away from Trump and Republicans In 2024, Donald Trump dramatically improved his performance among nearly all groups of voters from four years earlier. Trump’s growth among Hispanic voters was especially notable, increasing by more than 10 points from 2020 to 2024, at least according to exit polls.