US set to rejoin Unesco after leaving during Trump presidency Biden committed to rejoining body to ‘counter Chinese influence’ after Trump administration pulled out over ‘anti-Israeli bias’ The Guardian - US · Jul 1, 2023
How the Supreme Court's conservative majority came to be The 6-3 majority was solidified in former President Donald Trump's term, but its roots go back to the Bushes and the political circumstances of 1991 and 2005. WEKU · Jul 1, 2023
Rabbi Aryeh Spero, Champion Of Judeo-Christian Heritage, Dies At 72 Rabbi Aryeh Spero, Conservative Advocate and Reagan Supporter, Passes Away Zenger · Jun 30, 2023
Jonathan Bernstein: Republicans promoting RFK Jr. are playing with fire Nominations define parties. But what we’re seeing in Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s futile challenge to President Joe Biden is an odd situation in which a nomination skirmish won’t change anything in the Democratic Party, but might have real impact on the Republican Party. Tribune News Service · Jun 30, 2023
Commentary: DC Memorial to honor slain Capital Gazette journalists and US commitment to a free press In the 1980s, Ben Cardin and I went to Congress from very different places, both politically and geographically. I was a young Republican elected in 1980 from a suburban Los Angeles district as Ronald Reagan swept into the White House. Six years later, Ben was elected as a Baltimore Democrat… Tribune News Service · Jun 30, 2023
Yes, debates do help voters decide – and candidates are increasingly reluctant to participate Former President Donald Trump’s threat to skip the first Republican presidential debate, scheduled for Aug. 23, 2023, may be a sign that candidate debates will be the next casualty in the highly polarized political environment in the United States. The Conversation · Jun 29, 2023
With eye towards 2024, Biden touts ‘Bidenomics’ economic strategy The economic platform is set to be a centrepiece of Biden’s reelection bid, with its focus on middle-class gains. Al Jazeera · Jun 28, 2023
Former Connecticut Gov. and US Sen. Lowell P. Weicker dies at 92 HARTFORD, Conn. — Former Connecticut Gov. Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr., a larger-than-life former U.S. senator and governor who helped create the state income tax while becoming one of the most dominant figures in Connecticut politics for decades, died Wednesday after a short illness, his family confirmed. Tribune News Service · Jun 28, 2023
Second statue of Sally Ride, the 1st US woman in space, to be unveiled at Reagan Library Days before she became the first American woman in space, Sally Ride joined President Ronald Reagan on the White House North Lawn. Forty years later, the two "meet" again on a different courtyard. Space · Jun 28, 2023
Former Connecticut senator, governor Weicker dies at 92 - Roll Call Former Sen. and Gov. Lowell P. Weicker, the last surviving member of the Senate Watergate committee, died at age 92. Roll Call · Jun 28, 2023
Biden unveils election battle plan: 'Bidenomics' WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden is making a big bet on the US economy powering him to re-election next year with the unveiling of a "Bidenomics" pitch to voters this week. Bangkok Post · Jun 27, 2023
Nikki Haley’s search for lost times The GOP presidential hopeful invokes a simple past that never existed. Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 27, 2023
States weaken child labor restrictions Republicans pushing to ease child labor laws echo older justifications made decades ago Salon · Jun 27, 2023
States are weakening their child labor restrictions nearly 8 decades after the US government took kids out of the workforce A movement to weaken American child labor protections at the state level began in 2022. By June 2023, Arkansas, Iowa, New Jersey and New Hampshire had enacted this kind of legislation, and lawmakers in at least another eight states had introduced similar measures. The Conversation · Jun 26, 2023
The Independent UK · Jun 26, 2023 US aircraft carrier makes Da Nang port call as America looks to strengthen ties with Vietnam A U.S. aircraft carrier and two guided missile cruisers are visiting Vietnam in a rare port call that comes as the United States and China increasingly vie for influence in Southeast Asia
Chicago Tribune · Jun 21, 2023 Commentary: The debt ceiling deal was not perfect, but it was far better than a default I was one of 165 Democrats to vote yes for the Fiscal Responsibility Act, which ultimately passed the House earlier this month in an overwhelmingly bipartisan 314-117 vote. Raising the debt ceiling saved the U.S. economy from potential catastrophe. Democrats faced a Hobson’s choice or the illusion that multiple choices…
USA Today Sports Media Group · Jun 20, 2023 Commanders season opener in 83 days: Washington’s best No. 83? Another easy pick.
Tribune News Service · Jun 20, 2023 Editorial: Draconian COVID restrictions did more harm than good Ronald Reagan famously said, “The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: I’m from the government, and I’m here to help.” What an apt summation of the government’s heavy-handed efforts to fight the coronavirus.
Space · Jun 18, 2023 Astronaut Sally Ride brought women and the LGBTQ+ community to the final frontier 40 years ago Sally Ride's journey to space not only continues to inspire young students 4 decades later, but shows the value of diversity and respect, a woman engineering dean argues.
Los Angeles Times · Jun 16, 2023 Michael Hiltzik: A farewell to James G. Watt, environmental vandal and proto-Trumpian Last week was so chock full o' news, what with the Trump indictment and the deaths of religious right-winger Pat Robertson and the Unabomber Ted Kaczynski, that I'm concerned that another significant passing has received far less attention than it deserved.
The Conversation · Jun 15, 2023 What the right gets wrong about Adam Smith What to make of Adam Smith? You might have thought we would have straightened this out, given that he only ever wrote two books and it’s been 300 years since he was born. But no. Everyone wants to claim the Scottish philosopher and economist as one of their own. With…
The Conversation · Jun 13, 2023 How Pat Robertson changed Christian media and made it politically influential For Americans growing up between the 1950s and the 1980s, religion was a predictable presence on television: There were weekly Sunday morning shows and religious programming that issued end-time warnings, sought monetary contributions or staged faith healings. But none of those covered news.
The Conversation · Jun 13, 2023 The overlooked story of the incarceration of Japanese Americans from Hawaii during World War II In the months and years following Japan’s bombing of Pearl Harbor in Hawaii on Dec. 7, 1941, the U.S. government incarcerated a large number of Japanese American civilians from the U.S. mainland.
Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 12, 2023 Explained: Trump’s indictment and what he has wrong about Obama’s presidential records Trump’s whataboutism and false equivalency claims are plays for public support and do not deal with the actual legal allegations in his 37-count indictment.
Evening Standard · Jun 12, 2023 OPINION - Labour’s toughest test is: what does the Left do when there’s no money? There is a formula to winning general elections. If your leader outperforms his or her principal rival and your party leads on the economy, you are going to win. There is no example, since records began, of a party which led on those two measures and then went on to…