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Nixon aide Alexander Butterfield who exposed Watergate tapes dies at 99

Butterfield believed he’d had a hand in the president’s fate

The Independent UK

Inside the paradox of Mexico's never-ending war on drugs

The decades-long war on drugs, initiated by Nixon, has devolved into a geopolitical quagmire. The recent death of cartel leader El Mencho, hailed as a victory, quickly led to widespread chaos, demonstrating how successes in combating drug trafficking often breed deeper crises and more violence across Latin America.

The Times of India

Congress once fought to limit a president’s war powers − more than 50 years later, its successors are less willing to assert their authority

Article 1 of the U.S. Constitution gives Congress the power to declare war, not the president. But most modern presidents and their legal counsel have asserted that Article 2 of the Constitution allows the president to use the military in certain situations without prior congressional approval – and have acted…

The Conversation

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The Secret Phone Recordings of Henry Kissinger, a 'Habitual Liar'

A new collection of transcripts underscores the vast scope of Kissinger's systematic deception.

Reason

America’s $901 billion trade deficit is like ‘chronically high cholesterol,’ top economist says, and Trump’s 150-day tariffs are the wrong medicine

Trump’s trade policy risks confusing one problem with a much bigger crisis, according to Harvard professor Gita Gopinath.

Fortune

Trump Can't Filibuster Through the 6-Year Itch

Those expecting fireworks at tonight's State of the Union will have to sit through the tedious resume-padding of a flagging president.

Reason

Drug use on the rise as U.S. spends $1 trillion in War on Drugs and cartel leaders drive violence in Mexico

The death of El Mencho decapitates one of Mexico’s most powerful cartels, but there’s a whole lot more sustaining the drug industry nowadays.

Fortune

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What About Nixon?

How many Presidents make a precedent?

Reason

SCOTUS vs POTUS: Who really runs America? A throwback to the (in)famous tug-of-wars

'You can't always get what you want ... '

The Times of India

Why the ‘Streets of Minneapolis’ have echoed with public support – unlike the campus of Kent State in 1970

The president announces an aggressive, controversial policy. Large groups of protesters take to the streets. Government agents open fire and kill protesters.

The Conversation

Meet Charles Radford: US sailor who spied on Kissinger during the 1971 India–Pakistan war

A young US Navy yeoman, Charles Radford, secretly copied classified documents from the National Security Council during the early 1970s. He passed these sensitive papers, including those related to Henry Kissinger's handling of the India-Pakistan war, to senior military officers. This internal spying revealed a power struggle between civilian leaders…

The Times of India

'If India jumped Pakistan...': Unsealed Watergate files reveals Richard Nixon asked China to interfere in Bangladesh Liberation War

In his grand jury testimony, Nixon described a secret assurance given to Beijing during the war. His full statement reads: “The Russians were supporting India. … Nobody was supporting Pakistan because there was an embargo on the shipment of arms. … But we were giving moral support to them, and…

The Times of India

Seven Pages Of Nixon Grand Jury Testimony Reveal The Real Threat Of the Deep State

Nixon's enemies within his own administration were spying on and trying to subvert the elected President.

Reason

Ray Dalio warns the world is ‘on the brink’ of a capital war of weaponizing money—and gold is the best way for people to protect themselves

“It would be very easy to go over the brink into a capital war, because there are mutual fears” between the U.S. and Europe, the Bridgewater Associates founder warned.

Fortune

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Roll Call

‘De-escalate’: Trump team’s moves suggest it’s not part of the plan

President Trump might have talked about moves to "de-escalate" his aggressive second term, but his actions suggest the opposite is the plan.

Reason

"Celebrating Buckley v. Valeo: A Landmark of Political Freedom," by Joel M. Gora

"An original Buckley litigator shares the inside story of one of America’s most important political speech victories."

The Conversation

Rebirth of the madman theory? Unpredictability isn’t what it was when it comes to foreign policy

Tariffs are on, until they are not. Military force is an option … and then it’s off the table.

The Conversation

Health and competence are shaping Trump’s presidency. What about his predecessors?

One year into U.S. President Donald Trump’s second term, questions about his health and competence are as pervasive as the gilt sprawling through the Oval Office.

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Trump’s second term is proving different from his first. This time it’s imperial

The key difference between Donald Trump’s first and second presidencies can be summed up by his two official portraits. The first after his victory in 2016 shows a smiling Trump, probably delighted to have won against the odds and, at least in theory, willing to work with his opponents.

Roll Call

Compared with other presidents, Trump 2.0 is one of a kind

President Trump's first year back in office was unlike any other served by a U.S. president, historians said.

The Conversation

How two acclaimed US films reveal the failures of leftwing revolutionary politics

Donald Trump’s victory in November 2024 led to considerable soul-searching among those on the left of US politics. Having failed to defeat a convicted criminal they beat once before, the Democrats spent most of 2025 licking their wounds as Trump launched what they saw as a full-frontal assault on US…

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Trump and Greenland: get real! Bullying is not strength

Editorial: Tariff threats over the Arctic island expose the limits of coercive diplomacy. Europe’s united response and pushback shows fear is fading

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Trump’s world: from Venezuela to Iran to Greenland, the madness is the method

Editorial: The US president delights in his inconsistency. But his short-term victories have profound long-term costs for his country and the world

The Independent UK

Trump uses affordability speech to air grievances and empty boasts – but offers little to bring down prices

Address to Detroit Economic Club includes few concrete proposals to address cost-of-living concerns

The Independent UK

Republicans slam Powell probe as ‘coercion’ as Trump tries strong-arming central bank

GOP pushback could imperil Trump’s efforts to remake the central bank’s board in his own image

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