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Julian E. ZelizerThe Atlantic |
Thirty years ago, President Bill Clinton declared an end to “welfare as we know it” by signing the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity...
President Donald Trump and MAGA Republicans love to rail against the “deep state.” In both terms, Trump has argued that his enemies were operating...
President Donald Trump has faced bipartisan criticism for politicizing the military. He has repeatedly used military installations to stage openly...
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It has become too easy for U.S. presidents to use military force overseas. Since 1973, the commander-in-chief has been able to deploy troops abroad...
The Barack Obama Presidential Center opened in Chicago last week to great fanfare. Following years of construction, and with intense debate about how...
President Donald Trump has sought to weaponize multiple federal agencies, advancing an expansive view of executive authority. He and his advisors have...
President Donald Trump is struggling. His approval ratings have fallen to historic lows, and his standing with key segments of the electorate that...
U.S. politics is drowning in scandal. President Donald Trump continues to test the boundaries of what is considered acceptable, blurring the lines...
The Supreme Court dealt a massive blow to the ongoing struggle for racial justice in the United States with its April decision, Louisiana v. Callais,...
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Americans were once again confronted with political violence when a gunman attempted to breach security at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner...
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The United States has been engaged in a war of choice against Iran for nearly two months. Negotiations to end the military conflict are underway but...
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If war with Iran becomes the issue that fractures the MAGA coalition, the historical irony would be considerable. Iran’s central role in Republican...
Democrats are feeling good about the midterms in November. Oil prices continue to surge as a result of the war in Iran, and President Donald Trump and...
Pete Hegseth confirmed earlier this month that the Pentagon has asked the White House to approve a supplemental request of more than $200 billion to...
Middle East and North Africa Republicans have a foreign policy problem. Whatever the outcome of the war in Iran, the GOP keeps drifting further from...
After President Donald Trump launched a major military attack on Iran in conjunction with Israel without providing a consistent rationale and without...
In the war between the United States, Israel, and Iran, it quickly became clear that the trajectory of the conflict would be unpredictable. Consider...
In a high-stakes standoff on Capitol Hill, Senate Democrats have withheld funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) until Republicans...
U.S. President Donald Trump and the Republican-controlled Congress have set off alarm bells ahead of the November midterm elections. In a recent...
President Donald Trump has shown little restraint using his pardon power. In his second term, he has issued over 1,500 pardons, many of them...