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Trump strikes Iran again. Why presidents skip Congress to use military force

Only Congress can declare war, but presidents have repeatedly ordered military force without authorization.

Axios

‘Hallmarks of authoritarianism’: Trump banks on loyalists as he wages war on truth

Former officials say firing of BLS commissioner emblematic of president’s battle against established facts and history

The Guardian - US

Trump’s disregard for US constitution ‘a blitzkrieg on the law’, legal experts say

Scholars warn of president’s lawlessness in actions such as federal funding freeze and birthright citizenship order

The Guardian - US

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Kamala's Coda: What's Next For Defeated US VP Harris?

For months US Vice President Kamala Harris was laser-focused on one potentially career-defining, history-making goal -- becoming the first woman entrusted with the keys to the White House.

International Business Times

Barron Trump will serve as a Florida delegate at the GOP convention

Barron Trump, who turned 18 in March, has largely been kept out of the spotlight — until now. His name appears on a list of delegates for Florida at the Republican National Convention in July.

WEKU

Haley Soldiers On Despite Growing Inevitability Of Trump

Is it political strategy, donor pressure or perhaps hubris? "As long as Nikki Haley keeps her donors on board, she will continue running," says Larry Sabato, who directs the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia.

International Business Times

Impeachment? Censure? Stigma is falling away from Congress' most severe punishments

Republicans in the House are increasingly threatening impeachment against President Joe Biden and his top Cabinet officials

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Biden's theory of the case for 2024 is governing and competence over Trump-era combat and chaos

As President Joe Biden seeks a second term, he's again trying to frame the race as a referendum on competence and governance

The Independent UK

Republicans hope McCarthy's bill gives him leverage in debt ceiling standoff

House Republicans narrowly passed a bill linking a debt ceiling raise to spending cuts, which Biden says he would veto. A political historian explains why he may have to make some concessions.

WEKU

US Republicans defend Trump by attacking criminal justice system

Many Republicans in the U.S. Congress have responded to Donald Trump's looming Tuesday arraignment by characterizing the criminal justice system as corrupt, in accusations that parallel their earlier broadsides against the nation's elections after the former president's 2020 defeat.

Reuters

Biden's next 2 years: changes afoot whatever midterms bring

Joe Biden’s presidency is set for profound changes no matter what Tuesday’s midterm elections bring

The Independent UK

Commentary: From Russia with lies: A message to all of us about why to fight for truth

Political lies, like the disproven assertion that there was any significant ballot fraud in the 2020 election, are not harmless. Every one of us who believes in civil society must fight them with truth. That is the way to preserve a free and peaceful society.

Tribune News Service

Historians to Trump: You're fired!

"The Presidency of Donald J. Trump" offers a wealth of valuable perspectives — but fails to measure the danger

Salon

‘He kept a promise’: How Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation boosts Biden’s legacy

WASHINGTON — White House allies say they’re confident Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation to the Supreme Court will shape President Joe Biden’s legacy long after he leaves office — even if the appointment does not offer Democrats a political boost in time for November’s midterm elections.

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Trump gets real trying to spin history

Historian Julian Zelizer recounts his recent encounter with the former president

The Guardian - US

‘I didn’t win the election’: Trump admits defeat in session with historians

The ex-president also said that Iran, China and South Korea were happy Biden won, adding that ‘the election was rigged and lost’

The Guardian - US

The Presidency of Donald Trump review: the first draft of history

Julian Zelizer of Princeton has assembled a cast of historians to consider every aspect of four years that shook America

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