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The 200-word telegram that pulled America into World War I

In January 1917, the United States had spent nearly three years watching Europe tear itself apart and most Americans were fine with that. President Woodrow Wilson had just won reelection on the quiet promise that he had kept the country out of the war. The public largely backed him. Crossing…

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Versailles II: Trump signs Iran deal in the one place historians wouldn't recommend

TOI correspondent from Washington : The Art of the Deal met the ghost of Versailles. US President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed a controversial MoU committing, among other things, Washington to help finance Iran's reconstruction to the tune of $300 billion. He signed the document in the same place that…

The Times of India

Quote of the Day by Bernard M. Baruch: ‘Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter…’ - The Jewish advisor to Franklin D. Roosevelt on the exhausting urge to be liked by everyone

Quote of the Day by Bernard M. Baruch, "Be who you are and say what you feel," encourages authenticity over the exhausting need for universal approval. This timeless advice grants permission to speak honestly and exist without fear of judgment.

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The Republican project isn’t to win in November. It’s to make November cease to matter

New electoral maps are erasing Black representations. The effort takes its cues from American history

The Guardian - US

The king’s state visit was a success – but there is still a chasm to bridge between UK and US outlooks

As King Charles concludes his transatlantic travels with a visit to Bermuda, a British Overseas Territory, he can take pride in a job well done. His four-day state visit to the US – which concluded with a wreath-laying at Arlington National Cemetery and a block party in Virginia – appears…

The Conversation

I thought Alito was history’s worst supreme court justice. But Thomas has outdone him

The supreme court justice recently condemned an entire philosophy of government. How can we believe in his impartiality?

The Guardian - US

Federal Job Cuts Hit Black Women Hard — A Year Later, Unemployment Is Up

Losses in government positions are undermining a critical engine of economic mobility for the Black middle class.

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1914 Ludlow Massacre took lives of 25 miners and family members during bitter strike for fair wages and conditions

On a spring morning in 1914, miners in Ludlow, Colorado, were celebrating Greek Easter when the Colorado National Guard and a private security agency opened fire on their camp with a machine-gun-equipped armored car called the Death Special.

The Conversation

How Trump’s dyslexia slurs perpetuate myths about the learning disability

Trump disparaging the California governor’s dyslexia impacted the nation

The Independent UK

When the U.S. Censored a Movie About the American Revolution and Imprisoned Its Producer

Remembering the infuriating case of United States v. “The Spirit of ’76.”

Reason

US refugee policy for white South Africans is part of a century-long effort to keep some English-speaking nations white

Whiteness appears to be an official immigration credential in the eyes of the United States government.

The Conversation

Vietnam ruined Lyndon B. Johnson’s political career. Will Donald Trump face the same fate over Iran?

Is United States President Donald Trump lurching toward decline and fall? Will he and his MAGA movement reprise Lyndon B. Johnson’s story, when the quagmire of the Vietnam War took the Democratic president out of the 1968 election and gave Republican Richard Nixon the opening he needed to defeat the…

The Conversation

Most People Know Their Faces, Not Their Words—10 Quotes From Presidents on U.S. Money

Monday, February 16, is Presidents’ Day. It is a day many Americans take off, and, honestly, not many of us take the time to reflect...

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Trump’s Greenland ambitions could wreck 20th-century alliances that helped build the modern world order

Make Denmark angry. Make Norway angry. Make NATO’s leaders angry.

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Congress’ power has been diminishing for years, leaving Trump to act with impunity

A year into US President Donald Trump’s second term, his record use of executive orders, impoundment of government spending, and military interventions in Venezuela and Iran have sparked criticisms from Democrats and even some Republicans. They say he is unconstitutionally sidelining Congress.

Reason

Justice Barrett, Trump v. Slaughter, and Presidential Removal Power from 1921 to 1933

Every President from 1921 to 1933 successfully defended presidential removal power at will.

Reason

Justice Barrett, Trump v. Slaughter, and Presidential Removal Power from 1901 to 1921

Every president from 1901 to 1921 successfully defended presidential removal power at will.

The Guardian - UK

Why the surprise over Trump’s Venezuela coup? US presidents promise isolation – and deliver war

Last week’s events in Caracas come in a long line of American interventions. The White House has awesome power and is never shy of using it, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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Reason

Today in Supreme Court History: December 28, 1856

12/28/1856: President Woodrow Wilson's birthday. His administration would initiate the prosecutions under the Sedition Act that gave rise to Schenck… The post Today in Supreme Court History: December 28, 1856 appeared first on Reason.com.

Reason

The Democratic Party Is Offering a False Choice Between Socialism and Technocracy

By looking to the past, Democrats could chart a pro-freedom blueprint for their party’s future.

The Independent UK

Funerals at Washington's National Cathedral tell the story of a nation

When former Vice President Dick Cheney’s funeral is held at the Washington National Cathedral, he will join a bipartisan but exclusive list of figures memorialized there, in a church that tells the story of America on hallowed ground

Reason

The Art of the Presidential Health Cover-Up

Since long before Biden and Trump, presidents have been going to great lengths to keep their medical problems from the public.

Fortune

Investors are betting big on 'prediction markets' Kalshi and Polymarket—will the gamble pay off?

The two startups generated huge buzz by accurately predicting the 2024 election results. Their young founders still face long odds.

Reason

How 'National Security' Came Unmoored From Americans' Actual Security

The turning point was the New Deal.

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Which Us President Had The Highest IQ? Here Are The Top 12, Ranked

Discover which US president had the highest IQ! See the top 12 presidents ranked by their estimated IQ scores.

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