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Julian E. Zelizer

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How Trump’s White House Renovation Differs from Truman’s

How Trump’s White House Renovation Differs from Truman’s
27.10.2025 3

Foreign Policy

Julian E. Zelizer

It’s (Still) Henry Kissinger’s World

It’s (Still) Henry Kissinger’s World
24.10.2025 6

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Julian E. Zelizer

The Air Traffic Controller Showdown That Haunts American Labor

The Air Traffic Controller Showdown That Haunts American Labor
20.10.2025 7

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Julian E. Zelizer

Trump Has Broken the Justice Department

Trump Has Broken the Justice Department
13.10.2025 3

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Julian E. Zelizer

The Link Between Bad Bunny and Pete Seeger

06.10.2025 10

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Julian E. Zelizer

Why Both Parties Are Considering Midterm Conventions

29.09.2025 5

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Robert McNamara Chose Loyalty to the President

27.09.2025 10

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How Shutting Down the U.S. Government Became the New Normal

25.09.2025 5

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Julian E. Zelizer

RFK Jr.’s Uncle Made Vaccines His Signature Issue

15.09.2025 10

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Julian E. Zelizer

How the Movement to ‘Free D.C.’ Became a Civil Rights Struggle

09.09.2025 8

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Why FDR’s Court-Packing Plan Was Nothing Like What Trump Is Doing

01.09.2025 5

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Remembering Hurricane Katrina and Its Political Aftermath

27.08.2025 8

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What ‘Jaws’ Teaches Us About America—Fifty Years On

23.08.2025 10

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Why Texas’s Power Grab Is So Dangerous

12.08.2025 20

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The Hiroshima Exhibition the World Wasn’t Allowed to See

04.08.2025 10

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Julian E. Zelizer

How the ‘Paranoid Style’ Took Over U.S. Politics

28.07.2025 10

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Julian E. Zelizer

Why Don’t Americans Rise up Against Unpopular Policy Anymore?

21.07.2025 10

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Julian E. Zelizer

How Lyndon Johnson Moved the Nation Forward on Immigration

14.07.2025 6

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Julian E. Zelizer

Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” Leaves the Congressional Budget Office Battling for Relevance

04.07.2025 10

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Julian E. Zelizer

Is Trump’s Use of Executive Power Really So Different?

30.06.2025 6

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What Happened to the War Powers Act?

25.06.2025 10

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A Rare Presidential Power Could Enable Trump’s Authoritarianism

23.06.2025 9

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How Republicans Became the Anti-Tax Party

16.06.2025 10

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Julian E. Zelizer

The Origins of the Campus Wars

09.06.2025 10

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What Ronald Reagan Can Teach Democrats in 2025

02.06.2025 3

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When the Supreme Court Stood Firm on Habeas Corpus

26.05.2025 2

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America’s Political Ethics Problem

19.05.2025 10

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The Post-World War II System Was Always Fragile

12.05.2025 10

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When Republicans Did Something About the Abuse of Power

05.05.2025 3

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A President Who Championed American Universities

28.04.2025 8

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Tariffs Aren’t Enough to Bring Back the Glory Days of U.S. Manufacturing

21.04.2025 10

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Julian E. Zelizer

The Experts Who Kept the United States out of Recession

14.04.2025 10

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Big Money in American Politics Started Here

07.04.2025 5

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Why Republicans Hate the Department of Education

31.03.2025 5

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Government Built Silicon Valley

24.03.2025 10

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Why Medicaid Is Republicans’ Third Rail

17.03.2025 20

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Is Social Security a “Ponzi Scheme”?

10.03.2025 7

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An “Abundance Agenda” for Government Is the Anti-DOGE

04.03.2025 4

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Trump and George W. Bush’s Common Cause

03.03.2025 20

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Why Republicans Love Strong Presidents

25.02.2025 6

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Why Republicans Love Strong Presidents

24.02.2025 5

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The Dangers of Presidential Impoundment

Ongoing reports and analysis Most Americans have never heard the term “impoundment”—a process through which the president withholds federal...

17.02.2025 10

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Attacking Government Workers Has Long Been a Presidential Pastime

10.02.2025 10

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Why Is the President, Not Congress, in Charge of Tariffs?

05.02.2025 5

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Trump’s Not a Renegade—He’s a Loyal Republican Fighter

03.02.2025 20

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The Problem With a President’s “First 100 Days”

28.01.2025 9

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Trump Didn’t Break the Republican Party. He Harnessed It.

His determination to be deeply involved in congressional politics has been one of his greatest weapons. It can also be his greatest weakness.

27.01.2025 10

The New York Times

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A President’s Second Inaugural Address Is About More Than Vindication

20.01.2025 10

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Partisanship Has Worked for Democrats Before. It Can Again.

14.01.2025 9

New Republic

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How Democrats Can Get the Upper Hand With Minority Power

13.01.2025 4

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Julian E. Zelizer