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 · Jun 29
Loyalists and jesters fill Trump’s ‘winter White House’ for court of King Donald A succession of wannabe power brokers are flocking to Mar-a-Lago to seek the favour of the president-elect The Guardian - US · Nov 16, 2024
Biden’s election crisis: What happens if the US president loses support? More Democrats are calling on Biden to drop out of the race, but the US president has remained defiant against critics. Al Jazeera · Jul 12, 2024
‘A taste of victory’: galvanized by US supreme court, far right turns to ‘legal vigilantism’ Experts point to a new, lawsuit-threatening brand of rightwing activism in the wake of recent supreme court decisions The Guardian - US · Jul 10, 2023
Matt Dallek: The John Birch Society's Deep Influence on Trump's GOP The George Washington University historian argues that the group's paranoid mindset and obsessions are front and center in the modern GOP. Reason · Apr 26, 2023
DeSantis and Pence lead Republican wave – of presidential campaign books The GOP flopped in the midterms but its White House hopefuls still hope to find readers – and conservative group bulk-buyers The Guardian - US · Dec 4, 2022
A Florida license plate has reopened the debate over the 'Don't tread on me' flag Gov. Ron DeSantis says a plate featuring the Revolutionary War-era Gadsden flag sends a "clear message to out-of-state cars." Others say the flag symbolizes a dangerous far-right extremist ideology. WEKU · Aug 10, 2022
Unprecedented FBI search of Trump’s home shows seriousness of information sought WASHINGTON — Few specifics are known about what the FBI sought during Monday’s daylong search of former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida. Los Angeles Times · Aug 9, 2022
Biden, under growing pressure, signs executive order on abortion WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden signed an executive order Friday aimed at protecting women’s reproductive rights, a response to rising pressure from within his party to address last month’s Supreme Court ruling revoking federal protections for abortion with greater urgency and conviction — and a new attempt to galvanize voters… Los Angeles Times · Jul 9, 2022