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The Latest Breaking News from George HW Bush

Former President George W. Bush to throw out ceremonial first pitch before World Series opener

Former President George W

The Independent UK

Lots of U.S. presidents have pushed for Middle East peace. Progress has been elusive

President Biden is the latest in a long line of presidents to place himself in the middle of a Middle East conflict. U.S. efforts have seen failed starts, wrong turns and dead ends, but some progress.

WEKU

RFK Jr is poised for a 2024 run as an independent. Which side should be worried?

Republicans reveled in the idea of Robert F Kennedy Jr weakening Biden with a Democratic bid, but the conspiracy theorist could steal supporters from the right wing

The Guardian - US

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Former first daughter Barbara Bush tells AP about helping lead NBA's social responsibility efforts

Barbara Bush never got to any of the NBA championship celebrations held at the White House when her grandfather was president of the United States

The Independent UK

Joe Biden, Vietnam and fake history

Ever since the U.S. left Vietnam, presidents have treated the war as heroic history. Will that ever change?

Salon

Pretrial Fairness Act puts too much work on overworked prosecutors, judges

Additional administrative work demanded by the law ending cash bail, coupled with staff shortages, is a problem when it comes to the safety of domestic abuse victims.

Chicago Sun-Times

Trump takes to Truth Social to give excuse for why he won’t join GOP debate: ‘Reagan didn’t’

Mr Trump skipped the Iowa debate in 2016

The Independent UK

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Today in Supreme Court History: August 17, 1988

8/17/1988: Republican party nominates George H.W. Bush for President. He would appoint David Souter and Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court.

Reason

When Trade War Threatens Real War

Biden is blurring the lines between economic policy and military action.

Reason

Biden's inaction on death penalty may be a top campaign issue as Trump and DeSantis laud executions

Capital punishment could emerge as a major campaign issue in the U.S. presidential race for the first time in 30 years, with top GOP candidates already one-upping each other by touting tougher, more far-reaching death penalty laws

The Independent UK

Presidential primaries have seen dramatic comebacks. Could DeSantis '24 be next?

Using the phrase "comeback kid" helped Bill Clinton revive his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination in the 1992 New Hampshire primary. Could Ron DeSantis revive that model?

WEKU

Why the crack cocaine epidemic hit Black communities 'first and worst'

"We won't heal until we make sense of the crack epidemic," Donovan X. Ramsey says. His book, When Crack Was King, examines the drug's destructive path through the Black community.

WEKU

No Trade Is Free review: Trump’s man plots an unusually civil course

Robert Lighthizer, once US trade representative, is a rare aide of little interest to investigators. His readable book shows why

The Guardian - US

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.

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Roaming Polansky and the Constitutionality of Qui Tam

Three decades later, the George H.W. Bush SCOTUS strategy finally has three votes.

The Guardian - US

Decades of Decadence review: Marco Rubio joins publishing’s motley Republican crew

The Florida senator was the future once. Now, he struggles to muster the shamelessness or swagger of a Hawley or a Cotton

The Conversation

Silvio Berlusconi had a complex relationship with US presidents: Friend to one, shunned by another

When the administration of Geroge W. Bush needed an ally to help sell its proposed invasion of Iraq to a skeptical European audience, Silvio Berlusconi stepped forward.

WEKU

The latest Trump charges cast a new light on a growing Republican presidential field

Seeing Trump in the dock in a criminal case enrages his core supporters and the GOP officeholders who depend on them. But it could also breathe new life into candidacies that offer alternatives.

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How Pat Robertson Shepherded His Flock Into Politics

Farewell to the senator's son who pioneered a TV genre, helped create the Christian right, ran for president, and earned the grudging respect of Abbie Hoffman

The Independent UK

Pat Robertson united evangelical Christians and pushed them into conservative politics

Pat Robertson united tens of millions of evangelical Christians through the power of television

The Guardian - UK

Pat Robertson obituary

US TV evangelist who sought the Republican presidential nomination and helped make religion central to the party’s politics

Al Jazeera

Pat Robertson, who brought religion into US politics, dies at 93

Roberston, a conservative Christian, hosted The 700 Club on TV and supported a number of Republican presidents.

The Independent UK

Christian media mogul, ‘700 Club’ host and presidential candidate Pat Robertson dies at 93

Religious broadcaster Pat Robertson has died

Chicago Sun-Times

Pat Robertson, religious broadcaster, dies at 93

Robertson was a familiar presence in American living rooms because of his “700 Club” television show.

The Independent UK

Pat Robertson dies at 93; founded Christian Broadcasting Network, Christian Coalition

Religious broadcaster Pat Robertson has died

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