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The US celebrated the end of a ‘long national nightmare’ as it turned 200. What about now?

A decade in the making, the 1976 bicentennial had a cathartic impact on the wounded national polity

The Guardian - US

The US is turning 250 – and Trump is making it all about him

It’s almost the Fourth of July and Donald Trump is making the most of the 250th anniversary of American independence. He has all but declared himself Patriot-in-Chief.

The Conversation

America 250 celebrations bring extraordinary security challenge to Washington

Hundreds of thousands are expected in Washington, D.C., for the 250th anniversary of the nation’s freedom

The Independent UK

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How Alan Greenspan’s stint as President Ford’s top economic adviser cemented his passion for public service and prepared him to lead the Fed

Alan Greenspan, who died on June 22, 2026, at the age of 100, is best remembered for his 18 years at the helm of the Federal Reserve. What many people don’t know is that an earlier and more obscure stint during the administration of President Gerald Ford shaped him as…

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Alan Greenspan obituary

American economist and long-serving head of the Federal Reserve widely praised for the US boom whose reputation was re-evaluated in the wake of the 2008 crash

The Guardian - UK

Alan Greenspan dies at 100: the Fed ‘Maestro’ who shaped America’s economy — and its biggest crisis

Greenspan passed away on Monday from complications of Parkinson’s Disease, his wife, Andrea Mitchell, confirmed

The Independent UK

Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan dies at 100

Alan Greenspan, the Federal Reserve chairman initially celebrated for engineering record-breaking U.S. economic expansion and later blamed for a devastating financial crisis, died on Monday

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AP Was There: 1975 summit at French castle plants seed for future G7 club of wealthy nations

When U.S. President Gerald Ford and leaders of the five other leading democracies gathered at a 14th-century castle outside Paris on Nov. 15, 1975, they planted the seed for what subsequently became the Group of Seven nations

The Independent UK

How Americans celebrated the bicentennial — with fireworks, a Freedom Train and Farrah

In 1976, as the United States prepared to celebrate its 200th anniversary, the mood was ambivalent

The Independent UK

‘It’s undiluted Trump:’ Freedom 250 plans offer a peek at how the president might approach World Cup

Trump has found unprecedented ways to inject himself into upcoming events

The Independent UK

Donald Trump's Deeply Disappointing Would-Be Assassin

Cole Tomas Allen's actions just don't make sense, even in his own words, or in a time of political polarization.

Reason

10 unexpected jobs US Presidents did that will surprise you

Many of the United States’ most influential presidents led ordinary lives before entering politics, working in jobs such as farming, coaching, entertainment, or retail. Long before gaining national and global prominence, their early experiences helped shape key skills like discipline, communication, and public engagement.

The Times of India

‘I could go on’: Stephen King just listed presidents who got shot but Congress still can’t pass a gun law

The White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting has reignited the gun control debate after Stephen King is speaking up. On April 26, 2026, the horror author posted on X, listing presidents and public figures who’ve been shot – Reagan, Ford, JFK, RFK, MLK – and arguing that “the crazies are non-partisan.…

The Mary Sue

‘I could go on’: Stephen King just named every president who caught a bullet and Congress still can’t act

As usual, Stephen King has no time for stupidity.

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"Me and Alice were getting creative with the truth long before the Age of Fake News." Alice Cooper announces Devil On My Shoulder autobiography and book tour

Alice Cooper's memoir includes appearances from Salvador Dalí, John Lennon, Groucho Marx, Vincent Price, Frank Sinatra, Jimi Hendrix, Gerald Ford, Andy Warhol, Tiger Woods and many more

The Independent UK

Nixon aide Alexander Butterfield who exposed Watergate tapes dies at 99

Butterfield believed he’d had a hand in the president’s fate

The Times of India

Columbia student detained by ICE agents to be released after Mamdani–Trump meeting

The arrest of Columbia University student Ellie Aghayeva took center stage during a White House meeting between Zohran Mamdani and Donald Trump. Aghayeva was detained by federal immigration authorities, sparking campus protests, but was released hours later after what appeared to be presidential intervention. Mamdani raised her case directly with…

The Guardian - US

‘If I didn’t write about him, I’m afraid I might become him’: the making of Taxi Driver at 50

Screenwriter Paul Schrader talks the inspiration and legacy of Martin Scorsese’s incendiary New York nightmare

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This is the next Trump construction project, joining the White House ballroom, Rose Garden replacement and others

The Courses at Andrews — inside the secure confines of Joint Base Andrews in Maryland — are known as the “president's golf course."

The Independent UK

Trump plans overhaul of the ‘president’s golf course’ despite never playing it

Barack Obama played it more frequently than any president, roughly 110 times in eight years

Euronews

All the president's men: Trump's White House portrait gallery decorations spark row over decorum

Donald Trump has added new features to his President Walk Of Fame portrait gallery of former leaders of the United States. But the decorative plaques in the West Wing of the White House have ripped up the rule book on protocol with language more akin to Trump's social media style.

The Conversation

Pardons are political, with modern presidents expanding their use

President Donald Trump is making full use of his pardon power. This year, Trump has issued roughly 1,800 pardons, or nearly six times the number he issued during the four years of his first term. Granted, about 1,500 of them involved individuals charged for their role in the Jan. 6,…

The Guardian - US

Documents reveal Gerald Ford’s effort to block report on CIA assassination plots

Release of documents comes amid conjecture Trump may have authorized the agency to assassinate Venezuelan president

The Independent UK

President Obama surprises plane full of veterans arriving in Washington D.C. for holiday with heartfelt thank you

Some of the veterans were moved to tears by the kind gesture, which took place over the weekend ahead of Veterans’ Day on Tuesday

The Conversation

Dick Cheney’s expansive vision of presidential power lives on in Trump’s agenda

Former Vice President Dick Cheney will be remembered for many things. He was arguably the most powerful vice president in American history. He was a paragon of conservatism. He was the architect of many of the more extreme measures in President George W. Bush’s “war on terror.”

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