The MAGA cargo cult: Freedom is slavery Trump's followers have embraced so many absurd, illogical contradictions they have no way back to reality. Do we? Salon · Apr 5, 2025
Senators Make Modest Moves To Reclaim Tariff Powers From Trump A small but growing bipartisan movement in the Senate is pushing back against the president's imposition of tariffs, but there's plenty of room to go further. Reason · Apr 3, 2025
Bill Maher teases conversation with Trump as Kid Rock says dinner ‘could not have been better’ TV host and political commentator, who’s been a longtime critic of Trump, met with the president at the White House for a private dinner organized by Kid Rock The Independent UK · Apr 2, 2025
World leaders must defy the bully Trump Letters: Readers respond to the US president’s intimidatory behaviour and his imposition of tariffs on imported goods The Guardian - UK · Apr 2, 2025
April Fools' Day: What are its origins and how do Europeans celebrate? April Fools' Day: Why do we collectively try to mess with others on 1 April, and how do different countries celebrate this festival of foolishness? Euronews · Apr 1, 2025
Where did April Fools’ Day come from? The tradition explained From France to Iceland to the United States, April Fools’ Day is a full 24 hours of practical jokes, elaborate hoaxes and sticky notes The Independent UK · Apr 1, 2025
Donald Trump confirms he’s meeting Bill Maher as a favor to a friend The president confirmed the meeting, calling Maher ‘a man who has been unjustifiably critical of anything, or anyone, TRUMP’ The Independent UK · Mar 31, 2025
From Lincoln to Nixon, Trump’s not the first US president to shock the UK on trade Lincoln blockaded southern cotton, McKinley hit Britain with tariffs and Nixon abandoned the gold standard: a quick history of transatlantic economic meddling The Guardian - UK · Mar 30, 2025
Bill Maher says he has Trump’s ‘respect’ because he’s ‘honest about the woke train to crazy town’ The ‘Real Time’ host also compared his upcoming private dinner with the president to Richard Nixon’s visit to China The Independent UK · Mar 28, 2025
Friday essay: from Watergate to Zippergate to Pussygate – how a shameless Trump has reshaped the US presidential sex scandal In modern times, who was the first presidential candidate to have their campaign almost destroyed by a sex scandal? The Conversation · Mar 27, 2025
Donald Trump is moving fast and breaking things, but that may result in a better US The chance of the president succeeding in his radicalism is small, but amid the chaos are challenges to convention that were overdue, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins The Guardian - UK · Mar 27, 2025
When Nixon tried to deport John Lennon Mahmoud Khalil was targeted for anti-war activism. More than 50 years ago, former Beatle faced the same predicament Salon · Mar 22, 2025
Is Trump trying to pull Putin away from China – and can it work? Observers say Trump wants to pull off a ‘reverse Nixon’ by deepening ties with Russia, but is that even possible? Al Jazeera · Mar 14, 2025
What is the value of US security guarantees? Here’s what history shows Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, argues that any US-organised peace agreement would have to be accompanied by “security guarantees” from the US to prevent Russia from resuming its offensive in the future. The Conversation · Mar 10, 2025
The Conversation · Mar 6, 2025 How Trump is weaponising the Department of Justice, and the ‘dark’ tactic he’s using to get away with it It’s hard to keep track of US President Donald Trump’s many notable acts since returning to the White House. His recent pro-Russia stance on the war in Ukraine has, rightly, received a lot of attention.
The Conversation · Mar 3, 2025 How to sustain international order in an ‘America First’ world The United States is abandoning its traditional role as the anchor of the liberal world order — a set of norms, rules, customs and international institutions designed to maintain global stability and foster peaceful interchange between states.
The Conversation · Mar 3, 2025 How Jeff Bezos brought the Washington Post’s global reputation into question The Washington Post still conjures up, for some, the promise of fiercely independent investigative journalism that can unseat a corrupt president. In what became one of the biggest stories of the 20th century, Richard Nixon (1969-74) was forced to resign the presidency in 1974, halfway through his second term, following…
The Guardian - US · Mar 2, 2025 All or Nothing review: Michael Wolff details Trump’s bilious re-election campaign The president’s least favorite biographer again exposes the grotesque pettiness of Trump as he willed his way back to power
Top News · Feb 28, 2025 Trump Mulls Taking Over DC Government In New Interview President Trump discusses potential government takeover of DC, RFK Stadium, and past presidents in recent interview.
The Guardian - UK · Feb 25, 2025 Grace Slick on sex, drugs and Jefferson Airplane: ‘I was sober in the 80s. That was a mistake’ She topped the charts, dropped the F-bomb on US TV, was ghosted by Jim Morrison and planned to spike Richard Nixon’s tea with LSD. Now 85, the legendary singer tells all
The Guardian - US · Feb 23, 2025 ‘Royal authority’: Jeffrey Toobin explores the US presidential pardon in his new book In The Pardon, the bestselling legal author holds a master class on the controversial presidential power, focusing on Ford’s pardon of Nixon
Reason · Feb 18, 2025 DOGE Can't Slash Government Without Congress The federal leviathan can’t be dismantled by executive action alone. To truly cut spending and rein in the bureaucracy, the administration needs buy-in from the branch that built it.
The Guardian - US · Feb 18, 2025 ‘X-rays into the president’s soul’: Jeffrey Toobin on Trump, Biden and the pardon power A new book examines controversial recent decisions and the lasting effects of Ford’s pardoning of Nixon in 1974
The Guardian - US · Feb 18, 2025 Presidents at War: how battle has shaped American leaders A new book looks back in history to see how presidents including Reagan and Eisenhower were affected by war
The Conversation · Feb 17, 2025 Amish voters for Trump? The Amish and the religion factor in Republican electoral politics On November 5, 2024, as millions of Americans headed to the polls, billionaire Elon Musk posted a video on his social media platform X depicting a caravan of Amish individuals travelling via horse and buggy to vote for Donald Trump. The following day, in response to a post expressing gratitude to…