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Israel to Ukraine to Bulgaria: Which countries receive US military aid?

The US provides billions in military aid around the world, but who benefits the most – and why?

Al Jazeera

Determined To Avoid Presidential Paralysis, SCOTUS Endorses Presidential Impunity

We need not conjure "extreme hypotheticals" to understand the danger posed by an "energetic executive" who feels free to flout the law.

Reason

Trump is poised to become the Republican with the biggest share of Latino votes since 1972

Latinos were granted the right to vote in 1965 and Nixon holds the biggest share of the demographic among Republicans until now

Latin Times

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Joe Biden commits to staying in the race – like Nixon, his biggest threat comes from within his own party

President Joe Biden is strongly reaffirming his commitment to stay in the presidential race – despite a growing number of calls from politicians and voters for him to step down, following a highly criticized debate performance in June 2024.

The Conversation

How might a rogue president use the US supreme court immunity ruling?

A first pass shows just how much damage a president could do to the rule of law when no longer constrained by it

The Guardian - US

One memorable speech can turn around a faltering campaign − how Nixon did it with his ‘Checkers’ talk

Twenty years before Watergate, then-Sen. Richard Nixon’s national political ambitions were in peril. He was accused of dipping into a private, $18,000 slush fund to cover expenses, and doubts about the propriety of his conduct intensified as the 1952 presidential election campaign unfolded.

The Conversation

What could the Supreme Court’s immunity ruling mean for US foreign policy?

Presidents have used power overseas with few restraints, a trend experts worry could be strengthened under the ruling.

Al Jazeera

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The supreme court’s presidential immunity ruling mocks the rule of law

Citizens must make this presidential election about rescuing our democracy from authoritarianism

The Guardian - US

Republicans pulled off their longest con

Supreme Court weaponizes the presidency knowing what criminals like Richard Nixon and Donald Trump are capable of

Salon

SCOTUS would've given Nixon a pass

Supreme Court’s presidential immunity decision would make even Richard Nixon blush

Salon

How Supreme Court’s immunity ruling ‘transforms’ US presidency

Experts say shielding official presidential action from prosecution undermines rule of law and enables abuse of power.

Al Jazeera

‘Above the law’ in some cases: Supreme Court gives Trump − and future presidents − a special exception that will delay his prosecution

The United States Supreme Court has handed former president Donald Trump what may be the most favorable legal decision he could have reasonably hoped for in his fight against federal prosecution for his attempts to reverse the 2020 election outcome.

The Conversation

Chief Justice Roberts Justifies Partial Immunity For President Trump

Chief Justice John Roberts explains the rationale behind granting partial immunity to former President Donald Trump, emphasizing the need to allow the Pres...

Top News

Supreme Court grants Trump immunity for ‘official’ acts in landmark ruling that will delay trial

Conservative majority of the court agreed the Constitution entitles the president to immunity for official acts

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Salon

Why Joe Biden refuses to step aside

Presidents and other politicians used to resign or retire for the good of the country. What's changed?

The Conversation

Biden v Trump: what are the five things we learned from the presidential debate?

This was the first time that Donald Trump and Joe Biden had debated since the 2020 campaign so The Conversation asked US government and security academic Dafydd Townley to watch the head-to-head and analyse what he thought were the most important points.

Evening Standard

Can Joe Biden be replaced as the Democratic nominee after debate debacle? If so, by whom?

The fact leading Democrats are even having to ask the question shows the trouble they are in

Al Jazeera

Biden and Trump nixed the debate commission. What does it mean for voters?

Experts say the US presidential candidates ‘cut their own deals’ with networks, giving their campaigns greater control.

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The Guardian - US

US presidential debates: the 10 most memorable moments

Ahead of Biden and Trump’s first debate of the 2024 election cycle, here are some memorable moments from history

The Conversation

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 Guardian - US

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 Conversation

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…

Fortune

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.

The Conversation

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 Independent UK

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

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