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ABC’s and CBS’s settlements with Trump are a dangerous step toward the commander in chief becoming the editor-in-chief

It was a surrender widely foreseen. For months, rumors abounded that Paramount would eventually settle the seemingly frivolous lawsuit brought by President Donald Trump concerning editorial decisions in the production of a CBS interview with Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris in 2024.

The Conversation

Texas summer camp hit by flood has been in the same clan for generations and has served the state's top families

Relatives of prominent Texas politicians, including President Lyndon Johnson, have attended the camp over the years.

Fortune

‘You open the fridge – nothing’: renewed threat of US hunger as Trump seeks to cut food aid

Critics warn cuts to Snap program would throw millions of Americans – such as Jade and her daughter Janai – back into food insecurity

The Guardian - US

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Who Is Bill Moyers: Journalism Career, Cause of Death, and Legacy in US Journalism

Bill Moyers' legacy in American journalism is defined by his unwavering commitment to truth, integrity, and the public good.

International Business Times UK

Trump has just gambled his second presidency on a potential war with Iran

ANALYSIS: President need only look to his predecessors to see what will happen now that he has committed to military strikes in the Middle East, writes Eric Garcia

The Independent UK

Veterans slam Trump’s ‘political’ deployment of Marines and National Guard to LA: ‘Citizens are not enemy combatants’

Sending troops to American streets crosses a ‘dangerous line’ that tests how far Trump will go to crush dissent, veterans and legal experts tell The Independent

The Independent UK

Trump is deliberately ratcheting up violence in Los Angeles

The president is escalating the situation to justify greater force and repression. Now he’s talking about sending ‘troops everywhere’

The Guardian - US

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Beasts and besties: German chancellors and US presidents through time

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz meets US President Donald Trump in the White House for the first time. It might be the beginning of a terrible friendship. How did Merz's predecessors cope with the respective men in the Oval Office? Euronews checks out some of the key pairings through time.

Euronews

FDR united Democrats under the banner of ‘liberalism’ − but today’s Democratic Party has nothing to put on its hat

If Donald Trump has taught Americans anything, it’s that political parties can shift positions on any number of issues and retain strong support. Republicans had once been aggressive Cold Warriors, standing shoulder to shoulder with allies against Russia, but now they are isolationists. They once favored so-called “free markets,” but…

The Conversation

In Yemen, Trump risks falling into an ‘airpower trap’ that has drawn past US presidents into costly wars

In the first 100 days of his second term, U.S. President Donald Trump has shown a willingness to lean on airpower when his administration decides that military force is necessary abroad.

The Conversation

A brutal, honest view of the Vietnam War

Brian Knappenberger's latest forgoes tragic sentimentality to present the war as it was: a senseless aggression

Salon

Vietnam to Gaza: A collapse of morality

Many young eyes saw the war policy positions of Hubert Humphrey and Kamala Harris as immoral

Salon

23 People Share The Most Hard-To-Believe Facts That Are Actually True

Not everything that sounds right is true. And far from everything that sounds fake is false. Reality is—quite often—stranger than fiction.

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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 Guardian - US

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 Conversation

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.

The Guardian - US

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

Kiplinger

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.

Salon

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

The Conversation

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.

The Independent UK

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

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The Independent UK

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 Guardian - US

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

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