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I sometimes think that my teenage fascination with the Beatles is what drew me to becoming a professional historian. Piecing together what I could find out about them in the years before the internet was a sort of gateway to the history of Britain and the world in the decade…

The conflict is neither a clearcut defeat nor a feelgood victory, but an in-between outcome that contains profound elements of each

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

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

Rehashing a psychedelic tune from the days of Alice Cooper (the band), the man himself fashioned an OTT accompaniment to the 1972 presidential election

My Hoover colleague Philip Zelikow, who is involved in the tariff litigation, passed this blog post along to me, and… The post "How Unprecedented Are Trump's 'Emergency Tariffs'"? appeared first on Reason.com.

William Daniels recalled performing in the White House East Wing in 1970

The Trump administration is coming under fire for politicising the Department of Justice (DoJ) and undermining the US government’s enshrined separation of powers, which relies on an independent system of justice. This is a central principle of the US constitution, without which a president could govern virtually unchecked.

The president has undertaken a spate of renovations to both the exterior and interior of the world-famous building that are more in-keeping with his personal taste