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

The turning point was the New Deal.

Reason

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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The Waldorf Astoria: what the history of this legendary hotel says about today’s crisis of the American establishment

After eight years of renovations, the Waldorf Astoria in New York has reopened and is welcoming new guests. The Waldorf – as most people know it – introduced room service, velvet ropes, red-velvet cake and Thousand Island dressing. It gave its name to a salad, a chain of lunchrooms, as…

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Have Presidents Grown Too Powerful To Be Removed From Office?

Joe Biden showed that the 25th Amendment doesn't work. Donald Trump showed that impeachment is broken too.

Reason

Damage Elon Musk faces from his Trump feud is just getting started

Musk’s companies are dependent on the government—and ultimately Trump—in one way or another.

Fortune

The 2025 Edwin Meese III Originalism Lecture: "Originalism, the Administrative State, and the Clash of Political Theories" by Joel Alicea

One of the greatest honors of my career has been receiving the inaugural 2022 Edwin Meese III Originalism Award. My… The post The 2025 Edwin Meese III Originalism Lecture: "Originalism, the Administrative State, and the Clash of Political Theories" by Joel Alicea appeared first on Reason.com.

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Trump is using the Alien Enemies Act to deport immigrants – but the 18th-century law has been invoked only during times of war

As President Donald Trump often promised during his 2024 presidential campaign, on March 15, 2025, he invoked an obscure 18th-century law called the Alien Enemies Act to justify deporting 137 Venezuelans he says are associated with a Venezuelan gang.

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What will Trump say in his speech? Don’t ask Grover Cleveland - Roll Call

They share a win-loss-win record, but the state of the union has changed. From tariffs to executive power, the two presidents diverge.

Roll Call

How allies have helped the US gain independence, defend freedom and keep the peace – even as the US did the same for our friends

Make Canada angry. Make Mexico angry. Make the members of NATO angry.

The Conversation

As Trump abandons the old world order, NZ must find its place in a new ‘Pax Autocratica’

Donald Trump is moving rapidly to change the contours of contemporary international affairs, with the old US-dominated world order breaking down into a multipolar one with many centres of power.

The Conversation

A golden spike that completed the Alaska Railroad is up for auction. Alaskans want to bring it home

Two Alaska institutions are making a bid to bring home a golden spike that was driven into the ground more than a century ago to mark the completion of the Alaska Railroad

The Independent UK

Four Presidents Who Boycotted Successors' Inaugurations

Learn about the tradition of attending successors' inaugurations and the rare instances of presidents boycotting them in American history.

Top News

Donald Trump Jr. Suggests Fauci 'Be a Man' and Turn Down Biden Pardon If He Didn't Commit Any Crimes

The former NIH director said he appreciates the pardon but remarked he "committed no crime"

Latin Times

How do Donald Trump’s executive orders compare to all other US presidents?

Recent presidents of the United States have issued fewer executive orders.

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‘Wearied’ almost to death: U.S. presidents have often experienced despair amid political turmoil

The 2024 presidential election loss was bad enough for Democrats in the United States, generating dismay and woeful post-mortems throughout the ranks.

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.

The Conversation

Trump wants to use the Alien Enemies Act to deport immigrants – but the 18th-century law has been invoked only during times of war

President-elect Donald Trump often said during the 2024 presidential campaign that he plans to launch the nation’s largest-ever mass deportation operation in his second term.

Reason

Hunter Biden's Pardon Is Unprecedented

Joe Biden has left the Democratic Party in a very awkward position.

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The Road Less Traveled: The Secret Battle to End the Great War, 1916-1917

I was talking to my Hoover colleague and noted diplomatic historian Philip Zelikow, and he mentioned this recent book of… The post The Road Less Traveled: The Secret Battle to End the Great War, 1916-1917 appeared first on Reason.com.

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CNN, The View Commentator Ana Navarro-Cárdenas Cites Apparent ChatGPT Hallucination

Isaac Schorr (Mediaite) reports that "The View's Ana Navarro-Cárdenas" posted a tweet defending President Biden's pardon of his son by… The post CNN, The View Commentator Ana Navarro-Cárdenas Cites Apparent ChatGPT Hallucination appeared first on Reason.com.

The Independent UK

The View panelist cites mysterious ‘Hunter deButts’ in bizarre defense of Joe Biden’s pardon

Ana Navarro-Cardenas cited previous examples of presidents pardoning family members — but she also cited ‘Hunter deButts,’ who one GOP operative claims never existed

The Conversation

Presidents often claim mandates − especially when they want to expand their power or are on the defensive

Shortly after the 2024 election was called in Donald Trump’s favor, he declared that voters had given him “an unprecedented and powerful mandate.”

The Conversation

2024’s quick win for Trump will go down in the history books alongside 1964 and 1980 Election Day landslides

Election nights are always simultaneous moments of triumph and tragedy. One group of voters’ dreams are dashed, while another set of voters see their hopes realized.

Al Jazeera

Five closest US elections: When California, New York were swing states

This US election is too close to call, say experts, but it’s not the first time.

The National (Scotland)

A staggering 75 per cent of US presidents have Scottish roots – but why?

“My mother was great. She was a Stornoway,” Donald Trump confusingly told an American podcast earlier this month ...

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