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A look at memorable chess-themed movies and TV shows over the years

The game fulfils a range of narrative purposes — from being a stand-in for warfare and statecraft to symbolising ambition, decadence, upward mobility, and so on

The Hindu

Jackie Calmes: Donald Trump is dangerously close to proving that presidents are above the law

How many times have you heard it? “No one is above the law.”

Los Angeles Times

Will Bunch: Are missing Homeland Security texts hiding the biggest secret of Jan. 6?

You've probably heard the expression that the cover-up is always worse than the crime — a notion that was cemented by the mother of all U.S. political scandals, Watergate. Think about it — only five burglars were nabbed by D.C. cops inside the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate…

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What is Title IX? 4 essential reads

It has been five decades since President Richard Nixon signed Title IX of the Civil Rights Act into law. This 1972 federal law prohibits discrimination based on sex, sexuality and gender identity in schools or any educational programs that receive federal funding.

The Conversation

For Legal Conservatives, Six Decades Of Folding, Followed By Sixteen Years To Draw A Full House

On the plus side, we had Rehnquist, Scalia, Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett. On the down side, we had Roberts, Souter, Kennedy, O'Connor, Powell, Blackmun, Burger, Stewart, Whittaker, Brennan, and Warren.

Reason

Is Joe Biden another Jimmy Carter?

Carter's presidency was sunk by a failure to promote his own accomplishments — not because there weren't any

Salon

Kissinger warns Biden against endless confrontation with china

Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger said geopolitics today requires “Nixonian flexibility” to help defuse conflicts between the U.S. and China as well as between Russia and the rest of Europe.

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Was this enough for Merrick Garland?

Donald Trump led a terrorist conspiracy that aimed to overthrow democracy. What more does Merrick Garland need?

Salon

Biden once wanted to make Saudi Arabia a 'pariah' – so why is he playing nice with the kingdom's repressive rulers now?

Even before setting foot in the Middle East for his first visit to the region as president, Joe Biden felt compelled to defend a portion of the trip. “I know that there are many who disagree with my decision to travel to Saudi Arabia,” Biden acknowledged in an op-ed for…

The Conversation

The Cold War on a Chessboard 50 Years Ago

Fifty years ago, the Cold War was transposed to a chessboard as Bobby Fischer of the United States took on defending world champion Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union in a thrilling East-West clash dubbed the "match of the century". Some 50 million TV viewers tuned into the two-month-long tussle…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Trump's Watergate: Cipollone speaks up

The Jan. 6 committee will finally interview Pat Cipollone, the former White House counsel who has avoided the probe

Salon

Why Donald Trump may be about to announce another run at the US presidency

Donald Trump may be planning to announce his candidacy soon to distract Americans from the hearings on the Jan. 6 uprising. The move may not work out.

The New Daily

18½ review – offbeat comedy about sex, lies and the notorious gap in the Watergate tape

The Watergate saga is fictitiously reimagined in this kooky caper that ditches thrills in favour of meandering oddball fun

The Guardian - UK

Did Cassidy Hutchinson sink Trump '24?

Hutchinson makes me more hopeful for America's future — and may have sent Trump scurrying into the shadows

Salon

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Secret Service agent reportedly willing to testify Trump did not lunge at him

Row comes after ex-White House aide’s explosive testimony that portrayed a violent and unhinged Trump on day of Capitol attack

Salon

Jan. 6 panel fear Meadows aide in danger

The committee abruptly scheduled a surprise hearing due to "sincere concerns" about Cassidy Hutchinson's safety

Tribune News Service

Everyone used to know her name in politics. Now Martha Mitchell is back

WASHINGTON — “If it hadn’t been for Martha, there’d have been no Watergate,” Richard Nixon once said.

Roll Call

Everyone used to know her name in politics. Now Martha Mitchell is back - Roll Call

“The Martha Mitchell Effect” aims to put the loudest, brashest Cabinet wife back where she belongs — right at the center of American history.

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Trump's lasting legacy grows as Supreme Court overturns Roe

The Supreme Court's decision that women have no constitutional right to an abortion marked the apex of a week that reinforced Donald Trump's grip on Washington more than a year and a half after he exited the White House

Salon

A history of skyrocketing gas prices

A look back at American gas price increases, the global factors that contributed and the presidents who got blamed

Los Angeles Times

Abortion and the Supreme Court: A short legal history of Roe

WASHINGTON — The early American laws prohibiting abortion were adopted in the 19th century in an era when women could not vote or hold elective office.

Tribune News Service

Biden’s hunger summit echoes Nixon’s, but faces new challenges

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration’s plan to hold a hunger summit, more than 50 years after President Richard Nixon convened a similar one, will put a spotlight not only on shortcomings in the current programs but also on issues that emerged over the decades since.

The Guardian - US

Republicans who aided coup attempt sought blanket presidential pardons

Matt Gaetz and Mo Brooks sought pardons for lawmakers involved in Trump’s attempt to overturn his defeat by Biden

Roll Call

Biden’s hunger summit echoes Nixon’s, but faces new challenges

The administration's hunger summit faces challenges that have emerged since 1969, when the Nixon administration held a similar event.

The Hindu

Tea with benefits: Lessons from the Royal Family

Our politicians can learn from the British Royal Family how to gather public goodwill by giving themselves a cuddly makeover

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