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IN FOCUS: President Trump’s recent attack on Volodymyr Zelensky sees GOP accused of parroting Vladimir Putin’s talking points, Joe Sommerlad reports

A new book examines controversial recent decisions and the lasting effects of Ford’s pardoning of Nixon in 1974

US President Donald Trump stepped up the pressure on Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to make a peace deal with Ukraine Wednesday, threatening tougher economic measures if Moscow does not agree to end the war.

Here are 10 amusing words or phrases the President has been associated with over the years

Mention the FBI, and many older Americans will likely think of a time when the agency was run by J. Edgar Hoover, who spent much of his nearly half-century tenure at the agency harassing political dissidents and abusing his power. But as former FBI counterterrorism expert Javed Ali explains, the…

Let's hit the reset button on American democracy. Is it moral? I don't know, but it gives us a chance to start over

Administration picks Todd Blanche and Emil Bove defended president-elect in New York hush-money case

Long-time favorite four-letter-word ‘f***’ has crept more steadily in recent decades into media, society, slang and even politics. As many Americans (and global citizens) exclaimed it around the US presidential race and results, a new edition of lexicographer Jesse Sheidlower’s The F-Word has been published. He shares some ‘f****ing’ factoids…

Trump used his presidency to harass and prosecute ‘enemies within’. If re-elected, he will act with even less restraint

Ex-president makes clearest expression yet of intent to shut down two criminal cases brought against him by special counsel

Nationwide polls are often of limited relevance, considering the unique structure of the US electoral system. To gain a better understanding of the upcoming presidential election, we need to focus on surveys conducted in the pivotal battlegrounds – the so-called swing states. After the missteps in previous elections, it’s hard…