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What people say today about the first televised presidential debate, between Nixon and JFK, doesn’t match first reactions in 1960

The run-up to the Joe Biden-Donald Trump debate at the end of June 2024 has brought reminders about the first-ever televised presidential debate – and how Vice President Richard Nixon’s sweaty, haggard appearance that autumn night in 1960 opened a pathway to the White House for the tanned and telegenic…

The Conversation

I’m worried about Biden’s debate with Trump this week

Trump has convinced many Americans that stridency is a sign of strength while truth and humility signal weakness

The Guardian - US

Supreme Court’s slow roll on deciding Trump’s immunity is the opposite of politics

Frustration is mounting as the country waits – and waits and waits – for the U.S. Supreme Court to issue its decision in Trump v. United States, the case that asks whether the former president is immune from criminal prosecution for what he did in the wake of the 2020…

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The national debt is over $34 trillion. It’s time to tell the truth about the U.S. government’s finances

The U.S. government will pay close to $900 billion this year just in interest payments on the national debt.

Fortune

Even the Supreme Court’s conservative justices are polarized about the state of American politics

Polarization is both essential to a functioning democracy and a threat to it.

The Conversation

Trump keeps citing the Presidential Records Act in his Mar-a-Lago defense: What does it say?

Ex-president has ‘never been able to explain how the PRA trumps laws about handling classified and national defence [information]. It doesn’t,’ former US attorney says

The Independent UK

Trump’s dangerous attacks on rule of law have US historical precedents

Past politicians tried to undermine democracy. They failed because Americans refused to tolerate their wrongdoing

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America first declared war on cancer half a century ago. Today’s regulatory hurdles won’t help us win

Exciting new technologies can help the U.S. government win the war that it declared 50 years ago—but the very same government may be hampering progress.

Fortune

The Republican party has transformed into the Trump Maga party

When Richard Nixon’s perfidy was exposed, his party support crumbled. But with Trump, GOP leaders rallied around him

The Guardian - US

Lawless and disorderly: Republicans line up behind Trump after conviction

Trump and his Republican allies sow distrust in US judicial system as analysts warn backlash could tear at social fabric in already volatile election year

The Guardian - US

Trump’s prosecution is unprecedented in US – but other countries have prosecuted former leaders

A Manhattan jury on May 30, 2024 convicted former President Donald Trump on charges he falsified business records related to the cover-up of his relationship with a porn star.

The Conversation

US election: why Latino and Hispanic voters are shifting to Trump after a long history of supporting the Democrats

Several recent polls suggest that the Hispanic and Latino vote is shifting towards Donald Trump as the election moves closer.

The Conversation

Pete McCloskey's life reminds us how politics long in the past live on in the present

McCloskey's story has both deep roots and burgeoning relevance. He died this month at 96 and had long been out of the limelight, but the issues he had been willing to champion are as salient as ever.

WEKU

Trump the crime boss summons his mob

Looking so gangster Trump’s high-powered sycophants attend his Manhattan trial

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Former White House Counsels Testify Against Presidents In Trials

Michael Cohen testifies in hush money trial involving Trump, compared to John Dean. Dean questions Cohen's credibility.

The Guardian - US

How the right is weaponizing pro-Palestinian campus protests in the US

Republicans are using a narrative of chaos and ‘philosophical divisions on Israel’ among Democrats to sink Biden’s campaign

Salon

Project 2025 targets election 2024

Targeting the voting booth for Trump is a massive operation to return the authoritarian to the White House

Salon

Trump trial delays bring focus to SCOTUS

The Supreme Court is preparing to make Donald Trump a de facto dictator

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How food and chopstick skills are helping ease US-China tensions

What officials eat and how have become key ingredients in efforts to find common ground in a testy relationship.

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Pro-Environment Republican Pete Mccloskey Dies At 96

Pete McCloskey, a key figure in California politics, known for environmental activism and anti-war stance, passes away at 96. His legacy includes co-author...

The Guardian - US

I remember the 1960s crackdowns against war protesters. This is a repeat

The mistakes made at one point in time have an eerie way of re-emerging as memories fade

WEKU

She survived the 1970 Kent State shooting. Here's her message to student activists

On May 4, 1970, the Ohio National Guard fired on Kent State students, killing four and wounding nine. A former student who now teaches there reflects on that day and offers lessons for protesters now.

France 24

US Supreme Court signals delay in ruling on Trump's claim of absolute immunity

The Supreme Court on Thursday appeared likely to reject former President Donald Trump’s claim of absolute immunity from prosecution over election interference, but several justices signaled reservations about the charges that could cause a lengthy delay, possibly beyond November’s election.

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Justice Jackson Challenges Historical Arguments On Presidential Immunity

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson challenges the historical basis of presidential immunity, raising important questions about accountability and legal status o...

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Special Counsel Challenges Trump's Immunity Claim With Nixon Precedent

Legal battle over presidential immunity: Trump cites history, Smith questions uniqueness. Supreme Court weighs in.

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