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Texans who have run for president over the last 7 decades

No current or former Texas politician has announced a campaign for the 2024 presidential race

The Independent UK

Tired of Texans running for president? 2024 may be reprieve

It’s early yet, but next year’s presidential race may feature something the political world hasn't seen in the last 50 years: no elected officials from Texas

The Independent UK

Ted Cruz seeking Senate reelection, but he hasn’t ruled out presidential bid

DALLAS — Ted Cruz has seemingly taken himself out of the 2024 presidential sweepstakes, saying last week that he’s focused on being reelected to a third term in the Senate.

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All the U.S. presidents who played golf, including Joe Biden, Donald Trump

Sixteen of the last 19 U.S. presidents played golf as a hobby.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Carl P. Leubsdorf: New Hampshire unlikely to go quietly

In voting to exclude Iowa’s early caucuses and sandwich New Hampshire’s primary between those of South Carolina and Nevada, a key Democratic panel finally recognized the need for early tests that represent the party’s diversity.

Tribune News Service

Caro still working away on fifth LBJ book, no pub date set

The good news on Robert Caro’s very long-awaited next book is that he knows the final words

The Independent UK

‘We did not stop’: How rescue groups saved 3,776 abused beagles

Thousands of dogs were liberated from Envigo’s dangerous breeding facility. Then the hard work began

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GOP attack on democracy goes back to '64

Republicans started complaining about "voter fraud" in Black communities 58 years ago. Look where we are now

Salon

IRS ignores law-breaking churches

The IRS has largely abdicated its enforcement responsibilities as churches have become more brazen

Salon

What the 1970s Can Teach Us About Today's Inflationary Politics

Inflation is a problem for politicians. Unfortunately for them, it's not a problem they know how to solve.

Reason

American Elections Are a Mess, and They Always Have Been

The long, weird history of partisan electoral shenanigans

Reason

Queen met all 14 US Presidents during her reign apart from one - and overlooked blunders

During her incredible 70-year reign, Queen Elizabeth II shared recipes with Dwight D. Eisenhower and poked fun at George W. Bush - but there was one President she never came face to face with

Daily Mirror

‘Riotsville, U.S.A.’ director Sierra Pettengill explores response to ’60s era civil unrest

Filmmaker Sierra Pettengill says the first time she watched the U.S. Army training films at the heart of her new documentary “Riotsville, U.S.A.,” the grainy images were as stunning as the meaning they carried.

The Orange County Register

How many US presidents has the Queen met?

Harry Truman was the first president she met, while Joe Biden was the last

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Salon

Should I send my kid to college?

My daughter won't need college in the same way I needed it — so should I plan on encouraging her to go?

Daily Record

The Queen and US Presidents: From dancing with Gerald Ford to watching baseball with George Bush

The monarch played a pivotal role over the decades in the UK's relationship with the leaders of one of its closest allies.

The Independent UK

The Queen and US presidents: Riding with Reagan and ‘chemistry’ with Trump

The Queen encountered all but one of the 14 presidents of her reign.

Chicago Tribune

Salaries for top staffers at Obama Foundation are outpacing their counterparts at other presidential centers

CHICAGO — Even before Barack Obama left the White House, plans to build his presidential center in Jackson Park were met with resistance as nearby residents feared the center’s very existence would drive up costs in an area the former president says he wants to uplift.

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The Independent UK

America's secrets: Trump's unprecedented disregard of norms

Donald Trump isn’t the first to face criticism for flouting rules and traditions around the safeguarding of sensitive government records

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Getting SNAP shoppers online is a win for food security and superstores. For corner stores and bodegas, not so much

The push for recipients of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as food stamps, to shop online has been hailed by anti-hunger activists as a win-win solution to food insecurity. Locally, one out of every 10 households lacks access to affordable, healthy food on a consistent basis.

The Guardian - UK

Leading Tories call on new PM to tackle crisis facing schools over soaring costs

Exclusive: warnings of damage to children’s education for years to come without major intervention

Chicago Sun-Times

Biden’s accomplishments match up well with well-regarded former presidents

Biden has governed from the center and remained sensitive to important issues affecting voters on the left and right.

Reason

Today in Supreme Court History: August 26, 1964

8/26/1964: Lyndon B. Johnson nominated as Democratic candidate for president. He would make two appointments to the Supreme Court: Justices Abe Fortas and Thurgood Marshall.

The Guardian - US

Biden’s chief of staff says president is comparable to historic predecessors

Ron Klain compares Biden’s achievements to Franklin Delano Roosevelt, John F Kennedy and Lyndon B Johnson in interview

Tribune News Service

‘Let us live our life': Why the Kansas abortion amendment failed in some rural counties

SCRANTON, Kan. — Meetings of the local Democratic Party in deeply Republican Osage County, a largely rural area where former President Donald Trump won 71% of the vote in 2020, typically draw about a dozen people.

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