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Mikhail Gorbachev: The rise and fall of the last Soviet leader

Mikhail Gorbachev, who has died aged 91, was revered in West but criticised by many Russians for overseeing end of USSR.

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Seven children dead: Who's to blame?

Who killed those kids as the U.S. left Afghanistan? Donald Rumsfeld? George Custer and Barack Obama? You and me?

Salon

Fauci to step down in December after decades of public service

Dr. Anthony Fauci helped guide the U.S. through the COVID crisis, and earlier in his career played a key role in the response to AIDS. He has served under seven presidents.

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Jonathan Bernstein: Liz Cheney’s defense of democracy needs a political strategy

Two years ago, Wyoming Republican Liz Cheney was on her way to being a future speaker of the House. She was the third-ranking House Republican with a totally safe seat. She lost that position in the House Republican conference, and now has lost her seat entirely. All because she decided…

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Today in Supreme Court History: August 17, 1988

8/17/1988: Republican party nominates George H.W. Bush for President. He would appoint David Souter and Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court.

Reason

Biden begins summer vacation with family in South Carolina

President Joe Biden left Washington on Wednesday to begin what is expected to be at least a seven-day vacation in South Carolina with members of his family

The Independent UK

Union Station: Eighth Circuit issues opinions in two consolidated public-sector union cases

On July 25, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit affirmed U.S. District Judge Susan Richard Nelson’s rulings in four lawsuits brought against public-sector unions in Minnesota. The lawsuits were consolidated into two cases. In each case, the plaintiffs sought damages for fees deducted…

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Why did Pelosi pick this moment to travel to Taiwan?

WASHINGTON — Some 30 years after the young, little-known lawmaker Nancy Pelosi unfurled a small flag of protest in Tiananmen Square, the now-House speaker waged a much more prominent show of defiance against the Chinese Communist Party by leading a congressional delegation to Taiwan on Tuesday.

Los Angeles Times

For Legal Conservatives, Six Decades Of Folding, Followed By Sixteen Years To Draw A Full House

On the plus side, we had Rehnquist, Scalia, Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett. On the down side, we had Roberts, Souter, Kennedy, O'Connor, Powell, Blackmun, Burger, Stewart, Whittaker, Brennan, and Warren.

Reason

Commentary: Inflated expectations

In the 1992 presidential election, Americans chose Bill Clinton, a newcomer to national politics, over George H.W. Bush, a man who had held just about every important job Washington had to offer, including president, and then re-elected Clinton in 1996 instead of choosing Bob Dole, who had been in the…

Tribune News Service

Samuel Alito: Who is the Supreme Court justice who wrote opinion overturning Roe v Wade?

Mr Alito is the author of the opinion that overturned the landmark Roe v Wade case

The Independent UK

Former federal judge warns of danger to American democracy

NPR's Adrian Florido speaks with retired federal judge J. Michael Luttig about his testimony during a recent Jan. 6 committee hearing.

WEKU

Majority support abortion staying legal

While 61% of Americans support access to abortion, that will likely not matter when it comes to the Supreme Court

Salon

Most people support abortion staying legal, but that may not matter in making law

The Supreme Court is set to soon rule on the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health case, nearly one month after a leaked draft majority opinion showed the court might uphold a Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy.

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Carl P. Leubsdorf: Is this the end of Bush family dynasty?

Attorney General Ken Paxton’s victory in Tuesday’s Texas Republican primary was more than another signal of former President Donald Trump’s primacy within the GOP.

The Independent UK

Ken Paxton beats George P Bush in Texas attorney general’s race

Paxton’s victory marks the first statewide race a Bush has lost in Texas in decades

The Independent UK

Embattled Texas AG Paxton faces George P. Bush in GOP runoff

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is putting his job and ability to withstand mounting legal troubles on the line in a Republican primary runoff against George P

The Independent UK

Five things to watch in the Georgia, Texas and Alabama primaries

Trump tries to settle old scores and progressives try to take out moderates

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Sushi, Pacific lobster … cheeseburgers: Japanese food fit for a president

Joe Biden’s hosts have treated him to Tokyo’s finest cuisine, but entertaining US presidents hasn’t always gone to plan

Tribune News Service

Bush family name dogs scion vying for office in hard-right Texas

The Bush name helped his uncle get elected governor in Texas twice, but for George P. Bush what once was a storied legacy has become a handicap — a sign of how much the Republican party has changed in the Lone Star State.

WEKU

Remembering Urvashi Vaid, an LGBTQ activist who spent decades fighting for equality

Colleagues, friends and admirers are paying tribute to Vaid, the pioneering attorney and organizer who died at age 63 on Friday. She worked for the ACLU and National LGBTQ Task Force, among others.

Los Angeles Times

It's not just a meal: Inside the nation's most secretive and exclusive power lunch

WASHINGTON — Al Gore came armed with policy memos, George H.W. Bush with jokes and Dan Quayle with requests from Cabinet secretaries. Mike Pence brought plenty of patience.

The Guardian - UK

How Putin’s invasion returned Nato to the centre stage

The long read: For the first time in years, its role has become a topic of furious debate. But what do we talk about when we talk about Nato?

Reason

After the War

In the aftermath of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, it's time for Europe to step up and America to step back.

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