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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?

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The spirit of the Confederacy is alive and well in Trump’s America

Sympathy for yesteryear is gaining traction among Republican elites, and Trump’s relations with white supremacy is too close

The Guardian - US

Trump’s firings of military leaders pose a crucial question to service members of all ranks

President Donald Trump gave no specific reason for firing Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. as the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff less than halfway through Brown’s four-year term in office.

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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 Guardian - US

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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60 years of progress in expanding rights is being rolled back by Trump − a pattern that’s all too familiar in US history

For many Americans, Donald Trump’s head-spinning array of executive orders in the early days of his second term look like an unprecedented effort to roll back democracy and the rights and liberties of American citizens.

The Conversation

Open letter to Democrats: What's next?

We can bring the party together — and win — if we're willing to address inequality and advocate for radical change

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How should Keir Starmer handle Donald Trump – and how’s it going so far?

The pairing of British prime minister Keir Starmer and US president Donald Trump connotes many imponderables. The only certainty happens to be the most significant: they will be in office together for four years.

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William E. Leuchtenburg, eminent presidential historian and Ken Burns consultant, dies at 102

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Did Trump revoke the Equal Employment Opportunity Act? Here’s what to know

For decades, presidents have issued executive orders expanding and strengthening diversity programs within the federal workforce – Trump revoked a batch on Tuesday

The Independent UK

Trump puts all federal DEI workers on leave for now. What we know about his plans to fire them

Trump’s order vowed to restore strictly ‘merit-based’ hiring in the federal government

The Independent UK

Biden was a remarkably consequential one-term president

His greatest successes came in domestic policy. Inheriting a post-pandemic economy, Biden orchestrated the best recovery in the industrial world

The Guardian - US

An American tragedy: how Biden paved the way for Trump’s White House return

To admirers, Biden will remain one of the most consequential one-term presidents in US history – to detractors, he was undone by a fatal flaw

The Guardian - US

Fact check: No UK prime minister has attended a US presidential inauguration

Donald Trump has broken with a long tradition of foreign leaders not attending the presidential swearing-in ceremony.

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Republican v Republican: can Trump play peacemaker within his own party?

The president-elect’s intervention in Mike Johnson’s speakership win was a sign of his power over the party – but it was only the first test of many

The Conversation

Nixon’s official acts against his enemies list led to a bipartisan impeachment effort

The Nixon administration’s enemies list inspired bipartisan revulsion. Its purpose was, in the immortal words of President Richard Nixon’s White House counsel, to “use the available federal machinery to screw our political enemies.”

The Independent UK

Trump claims he has an ‘unprecedented’ mandate. Experts say it’s actually very small

Trump doesn’t have the mandate he thinks he does, presidential historians tell Richard Hall — and Democrats should stop acting like he does

Salon

Paul vs Tyson, a new race clash payday

The appeal preys on the desire to reclaim what is perceived to be taken - no matter what the cost

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Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin to kick off fundraising effort for Ohio women's suffrage monument

Doris Kearns Goodwin is kicking off the $2 million capital campaign for an Ohio monument to women’s suffrage

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Alaska Implements Ranked Choice Voting In Presidential Election

Alaska's historic Republican support faces a new dynamic with ranked choice voting in the presidential election.

The Conversation

Ego, hubris and narcissism: Where Donald Trump ranks among the other 45 American presidents

Sometimes Donald Trump really is a G.O.A.T. — the “greatest of all time” — among American presidents, at least. Of course, “greatest” in this instance refers to quantity or bulk, not quality.

Al Jazeera

Can foreign policy tip the US presidential election?

Historically, domestic issues have played a greater role in US elections. But this year, foreign policy might be key.

The Conversation

Blitz of political attack ads in Pennsylvania and other swing states may be doing candidates and voters more harm than good

For Pennsylvania residents like me, there is no escape from the record-breaking number of political attack ads disrupting our favorite shows and filling our social media feeds.

The Guardian - US

The mainstream media has failed us after 7 October

Not only did they mostly ignore Israel’s denial of Palestinian freedom, but also the contradictions in Israel’s military strategy

Salon

The new nuclear threat: Worse than ever

Nuclear arsenals are vastly more powerful today than during the Cold War — and the risk of apocalypse keeps growing

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