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All the president's men: Trump's White House portrait gallery decorations spark row over decorum

Donald Trump has added new features to his President Walk Of Fame portrait gallery of former leaders of the United States. But the decorative plaques in the West Wing of the White House have ripped up the rule book on protocol with language more akin to Trump's social media style.

Euronews

Pardons are political, with modern presidents expanding their use

President Donald Trump is making full use of his pardon power. This year, Trump has issued roughly 1,800 pardons, or nearly six times the number he issued during the four years of his first term. Granted, about 1,500 of them involved individuals charged for their role in the Jan. 6,…

The Conversation

Documents reveal Gerald Ford’s effort to block report on CIA assassination plots

Release of documents comes amid conjecture Trump may have authorized the agency to assassinate Venezuelan president

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President Obama surprises plane full of veterans arriving in Washington D.C. for holiday with heartfelt thank you

Some of the veterans were moved to tears by the kind gesture, which took place over the weekend ahead of Veterans’ Day on Tuesday

The Independent UK

Dick Cheney’s expansive vision of presidential power lives on in Trump’s agenda

Former Vice President Dick Cheney will be remembered for many things. He was arguably the most powerful vice president in American history. He was a paragon of conservatism. He was the architect of many of the more extreme measures in President George W. Bush’s “war on terror.”

The Conversation

Dick Cheney dies: giant of the US conservative movement whose legacy was defined by the Iraq war

Dick Cheney, one of the most important figures in America’s neo-conservative movement, has died at the age of 84. Cheney had a long career in government and was considered by many as one of the most powerful vice-presidents in US history.

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Dick Cheney's life in photos

Cheney is often credited for redefining the vice presidency.

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Dick Cheney: The most influential vice president in modern American history

OBITUARY: The former vice president has passed away, aged 84. Cemented by the 9/11 attacks, Cheney built unrivalled authority and influence in his role, as witnessed by the late Washington correspondent Rupert Cornwell

The Independent UK

Dick Cheney, vice-president and giant of Republican politics, dies aged 84

Cheney, who served under presidents from Nixon to George W Bush, will be remembered for controversial role after 9/11

The Guardian - US

Former Vice President Dick Cheney dead at 84 - Roll Call

Cheney, who served four presidents and spent a decade in the House of Representatives, died Monday night at age 84.

Roll Call

Sara Jane Moore, who tried to assassinate President Gerald Ford in 1975, dies at 95

Sara Jane Moore, who spent more than 30 years in prison for trying to shoot President Gerald Ford, has died

The Independent UK

Scott Bessent tells NYC to ‘drop dead’ while he arranges a $20B swap line for Argentina’s chain-saw-wielding, dog-cloning president

The Treasury Secretary looks at New York and sees a replay of the 1970s. He looks at Trump’s ally in Argentina and sees someone in need of rescue.

Fortune

Bessent says New York can ‘drop dead’ if it elects Mamdani and ever needs a bailout

Bessent seemed determined to drive his warning home: “You can’t enact policies like this and expect to be bailed out.”

Fortune

50 years after a historic handshake in space, the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project's legacy still resonates

On July 17, 1975, an American Apollo crew and a Soviet Soyuz crew met up in Earth orbit for the first time, setting the foundation for continued cooperation in space over the past 50 years.

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David Gergen, ex-adviser to Republican and Democratic presidents, dies aged 83

Serving Nixon, Ford, Reagan and Clinton, Gergen was a speechwriter and communications director

The Independent UK

David Gergen, adviser to Nixon, Ford, Reagan and Clinton, dies at 83

The late former Republican adviser slammed Trump in 2021, calling him ‘a bully — mean, nasty and disrespectful of anyone in his way’

InsideEVs

Why GM And Stellantis Want To Kill Fuel Efficiency For Good

The Corporate Average Fuel Economy rules that shaped the modern car industry are on the chopping block. Plus: Western brands continue to slide in China.

Euronews

Beasts and besties: German chancellors and US presidents through time

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz meets US President Donald Trump in the White House for the first time. It might be the beginning of a terrible friendship. How did Merz's predecessors cope with the respective men in the Oval Office? Euronews checks out some of the key pairings through time.

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Plunged in Debt

10 Famous People Who Have Received Presidential Pardons

The presidential pardon is one of the most potent and controversial powers granted to the President of the United States. Rooted in Article II, Section 2 of the Constitution, this authority allows the president to grant clemency for federal offenses, effectively erasing convictions or commuting sentences. Over the years, this…

The Independent UK

Hall of Famers. A Heisman winner. An MMA fighter. Tuberville is not the only sports politician

Tommy Tuberville is a U.S. senator running for Alabama governor

Euronews

Plane awkward: How Brigitte and Emmanuel Macron joined the club

From US President Gerald Ford's disastrous fall, to Russian President Boris Yeltsin's no-show, powerful political figures have had trouble getting on and off planes

The Conversation

National security advisers manage decision-making as advocates or honest brokers

The removal of Mike Waltz as President Donald Trump’s national security adviser – formally the assistant to the president for national security affairs – raises the question of just what that position entails and also what it means that Marco Rubio will now act as secretary of state and national…

The Conversation

What is the biggest gaffe, blooper or blunder that a recent president has made? It may depend on what your definition of ‘is’ is

President Donald Trump was asked during a press conference on April 30, 2025, about the possible impact of his tariff policies and trade war with China.

Fortune

Markets swing upward as White House signals trade deals, auto tariffs reprieve

Despite the recent rebound, President Trump's first 100 days in office have been marked by extreme volatility.

Fortune

Stock market retreat in Trump's first 100 days is among worst starts for a president in almost a century

In President Joe Biden’s first 100 days, the S&P 500 surged more than 9%. Under Trump, it’s tanked almost 8%.

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