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There is ‘no real evidence’ Biden will replace Harris on the 2024 ticket. So why is the chatter persisting?

Shaking up the ticket would also shake up the entire Democratic Party at a time when most agree it can’t afford weakness, John Bowden writes

The Independent UK

Hunter Biden is the latest presidential child to stain a White House reputation − but others have shined it up

Hunter Biden, the surviving son of President Joe Biden, was indicted on Sept. 14, 2023, on gun-related charges – facing a possible criminal trial while his father is campaigning for reelection. The charges relate to Hunter Biden’s alleged lying about his drug use when he purchased a gun in 2018.…

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How term limits for Australian political leaders could build a stronger democracy

King George III reputedly said of the inaugural US president, George Washington, on learning the American had declined a third term of office, that he was “the greatest character of the age”. George III marvelled at Washington because, despite entreaties that he continue as president, Washington had voluntarily ceded power.…

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Labor Day is now a key to Election Day for Democrats and Republicans alike

With all that has shifted around in American politics, the Democrats' disconnect from the broad working class is the loss that has cost them the most and threatens them most in the years ahead.

WEKU

Biden will use Camp David backdrop hoping to broker a breakthrough in Japan-South Korea relations

Camp David is where U.S. presidents go to relax and escape Washington's prying eyes

The Independent UK

Hiroshima attack marks its 78th anniversary – its lessons of unnecessary mass destruction could help guide future nuclear arms talks

It was 8:15 on a Monday morning, Aug. 6, 1945. World War II was raging in Japan and across Europe.

The Conversation

78 Years Ago, the First Nuclear Bomb Changed the World Forever — Here's Exactly How It Happened

The following half-century was one of intense nuclear testing, the residue of which might be the signature for the proposed new epoch of the Anthropocene.

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Biden draws laughs after touting Marjorie Taylor Greene ‘endorsement’ at Philadelphia event

The president is leaning into the GOP congresswoman’s description of him as following in the footsteps of Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Lyndon Johnson

The Independent UK

The Dwindling Jewish Representation And Evolving Composition Of The U.S. Supreme Court

Diversity on the Supreme Court: A changing landscape of justices from all backgrounds and walks of life.

Zenger

Cocaine in the White House: a brief history

The drug was found in the building this weekend – and it’s probably not the first time it’s been inside

The Guardian - US

For presidents, July Fourth is a day to chill or strut or get an earful of red, white and boo

Through history, the Fourth of July has been a day for some presidents to declare their independence from the public

The Independent UK

Inside the lavish $1.55m estate visited by Theodore Roosevelt now for sale

The stunning home spans across five spacious floors, boasting seven bedrooms, two en-suites, and an additional five bathrooms

The Independent UK

Joe Biden calls Rishi Sunak ‘president’ by mistake on PM’s first White House visit

The Prime Minister laughed awkwardly at the exchange

Evening Standard

The Supermajority review: How the supreme court trumped America

Michael Waldman delivers a terrific if chilling account of how conservatives hijacked US democracy

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Reason

Oppression in the South Was Not an Expression of Freedom

Freedom's Dominion argues Southern history was animated by "racialized radical anti-statism." The case is lacking.

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Commentary: Eisenhower's misgivings about military power still ring true

As an orator, Dwight D. Eisenhower was not in the same league with Abraham Lincoln or Franklin Roosevelt. His roster of memorable speeches numbers a grand total of two, a paltry total for someone who served eight years as U.S. president. Yet some five decades after his death, those two…

Salon

Expert: Charges show Trump not a "king"

Trump was just another example of a president acting as if he was king by just another name

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Manhattan grand jury votes to indict Donald Trump, showing he, like all other presidents, is not an imperial king

A Manhattan grand jury voted to indict former President Donald Trump on March 30, 2023, for his alleged role in paying porn star Stormy Daniels hush money.

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Silicon Valley Bank might have just blown up a banking regulation that was put in place at the depths of the Great Depression

Why deposit insurance matters: Without it, America's press secretary had to put his money under a mattress in the 1930s.

France 24

Mismatch? Russia's growing dependence on China

"In love, there is always one who kisses, and one who offers the cheek." That French proverb was borrowed by Winston Churchill's daughter to describe the British prime minister's relationship during World War II with US president Franklin D. Roosevelt. When observing the optics of Xi Jinping's three-day state visit…

LiveScience

Daylight saving time 2025: When does the time change, and why?

Here's a look at when the time changes for daylight saving time 2024, and what is the purpose of daylight saving time in the first place.

Salon

Anti-communist crusaders target Big Biz

The “communism” Republicans are fighting against is modern capitalism

Zenger

These Trailblazers Were America’s 1st Black Meteorologists

When people of color were breaking into roles previously denied, African Americans became the first Black meteorologists

Reason

When in Doubt, Consult the Bible?

Writer Amity Shlaes had an interesting review of Ken Burns's The U.S. and the Holocaust in City Journal; I have no informed opinion on the review generally, but I was puzzled by one item: It is in the second episode that the filmmakers turn to Franklin Roosevelt, the only president…

Salon

Joe Biden might be a great president

Don't laugh: As a presidential historian, I can tell you that FDR and LBJ were also underestimated at first

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