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The problem with Trump’s takeover of the Kennedy Center isn’t the possibility of ‘Cats’

When President Donald Trump announced that he was assuming control of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, he described the move as a triumph over “wokey” programming. He subsequently fired the 17 board members appointed by President Joe Biden and installed himself as chairman.

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US Senator Cory Booker just spoke for 25 hours in Congress. What was he trying to achieve?

The Democrats have been under intense pressure to find an effective way to challenge US President Donald Trump without control of either chamber of Congress or a de facto opposition leader.

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Second Trump state visit invite unprecedented for an American leader

Donald Trump, who was feted with a grand state visit in 2019, is known for his love of the British monarchy.

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How previous prime ministers handled the ‘special relationship’

Winston Churchill coined the phrase to describe what has become an enduring diplomatic priority, but relationships between leaders have varied.

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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.

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US Urges NATO Allies To Increase Defense Spending

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth calls for NATO allies to boost defense spending in line with U.S. efforts. Trump administration's engagement with Russia ...

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Why Dwight was right about corporate greed

Letters: The prophetic words of an American president are remembered by Frank Keightley, while Jules Stewart reckons American greatness has nothing to do with the present White House incumbent

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Trump reiterates anti-immigration promise at rightwing convention rally

In speech president-elect doubles down on idea that his clear but relatively narrow victory was in fact a landslide

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Brendan Fraser had 'life-changing' experience shooting Rental Family in Tokyo

Brendan Fraser had a "life-changing" time filming 'Rental Family' in the "wonderful" city of Tokyo.

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Why I’m voting against the military budget

While so many Americans struggle to get by, the US is spending record-breaking amounts of money on the military

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Millions of Mexican Americans were deported in the 1930s. Are we about to repeat this ‘ethnic cleansing’?

Nearly 2 million Mexican Americans, more than half US citizens, were deported without due process during the Great Depression, reminiscent of what is unfolding today

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Will America Make the Same Mistakes as Britain in the Middle East?

The Suez Crisis demonstrated how "peace through strength" can go terribly wrong.

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Study: Mass Deportation Could Put 28 Million People at Risk of Family Separation

It would reduce job prospects for native-born workers, too.

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‘No antidote for bad polls’: Recalling the New York Times’ 1956 election experiment in shoe-leather reporting

In response to national pollsters’ failure in forecasting election outcomes in 1948 and 1952, The New York Times pursued in 1956 a weekslong, multistate exercise in on-the-ground reporting to assess public opinion about the presidential race.

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All the presidents Jimmy Carter’s life has overlapped with as he turns 100

The first president Jimmy Carter was alive for, William Taft, signed New Mexico into Statehood in 1912

The Times of India

US Presidents who died of heart attack and stroke

The threat of heart attack and other related conditions continues to grow. This is reflected in the number of celebrities, and the who's who from different walks of life losing their lives due to cardiac deaths. There is a long list of US presidents who have suffered cardiac events and…

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U.S. convention season is done — but here’s why the marquee political events, past and present, are critical

Given the days of political pageantry at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago have come to an end, it’s an opportune time to examine parallels to past conventions — particularly those in the Windy City, a locale that has long been the grounds for historic political coronations.

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President Biden's Speech Echoes Historical Farewell Addresses

President Biden's speech on threats to democracy draws comparisons to past presidents' farewell speeches, emphasizing safeguarding his administration's leg...

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Until 1968, presidential candidates were picked by party conventions – a process revived by Biden’s withdrawal from race

Now that Joe Biden has dropped out of the 2024 presidential race and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris to be the nominee, it will ultimately be up to Democratic National Convention delegates to formally select a new nominee for their party. This will mark the first time in over 50…

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One memorable speech can turn around a faltering campaign − how Nixon did it with his ‘Checkers’ talk

Twenty years before Watergate, then-Sen. Richard Nixon’s national political ambitions were in peril. He was accused of dipping into a private, $18,000 slush fund to cover expenses, and doubts about the propriety of his conduct intensified as the 1952 presidential election campaign unfolded.

The Independent UK

Spare a thought for weather watcher Maureen Sweeney who made the right call for D-Day

The generals, paratroopers, pilots infantrymen all played their role for the D-Day invasion

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Ten classic films about D-day, recommended by a war historian

The allied invasion of Normandy in June 1944, commonly known as D-day, was an enormously significant moment in the history of the second world war.

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How AP covered the D-Day landings and lost photographer Bede Irvin in the battle for Normandy

On D-Day, The Associated Press had reporters, artists and photographers in the air, on the choppy waters of the English Channel, in London, and at English departure ports and airfields covering the Allied assault in Normandy

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Soviet media downplayed the significance of the D-Day invasion

When Russian President Vladimir Putin was not invited to participate in the 75th anniversary commemorations of D-Day held in France in 2019, he claimed it was “not a problem” because the Allied invasion of France on June 6, 1944, “was not a game changer.”

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Mike Johnson and the troubled history of recent Republican speakers

Johnson is the sixth Republican elevated to the speakership since 1994. The five who preceded him all saw their time in the office end in relative degrees of defeat or frustration.

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