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DOGE threat: How government data would give an AI company extraordinary power
As DOGE taps into sensitive federal agency data repositories, many people fear what could happen to the data. One little-discussed but hugely conseque...
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Death by firing squad set to resume in the US – but no matter the method, all means of execution come with a troubling history
A death row inmate in South Carolina chose firing squad over lethal injection and the electric chair.
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The US energy market has its troubles, though it may not be a ‘national emergency’
The US produces more oil today than any other country, and there is no clear emergency on the scale of the energy crises of the 1970s. But there are s...
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USAID’s history shows decades of good work on behalf of America’s global interests, although not all its projects succeeded
USAID started in the 1960s as a way to offset the spread of communism. Since then, it has had various other soft-power benefits for the US.
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Trump is the kinglike president many feared when arguing over the US Constitution in 1789 – and his address to Congress showed it
When the US Constitution was written, many people − from those who wrote the document to those on the outside who read it − believed that endowing the...
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Chairman of the Joint Chiefs advises the president on use of America’s military power
The highest-ranking military officer in the country, the chairman has no direct command authority. His role is as a presidential adviser rather than a...
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What is isolationism? The history and politics of an often-maligned foreign policy concept
Rather than clarifying American foreign policy, the term has long been used to tar critics or obfuscate legitimate international affairs questions.
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From opposing robber barons to the New Deal to desegregation to DOGE, state attorneys general have long taken on Washington
All presidents should expect to be sued early and often by state attorneys general of the opposite party.
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What is Tren de Aragua? How the Venezuelan gang started − and why US policies may only make it stronger
The State Department declared Tren de Aragua a terrorist organization, and news reports say its members are wreaking havoc across the country. The rea...
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America’s designs on annexing Canada have a long history − and record of political failures
Trump is not the first American leader to dream of northern expansion. History suggests these designs reveal simmering divisions inside the United Sta...
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The only ‘winner’ here is Putin: Ukraine unites in response to Trump-Zelenskyy spat and resigns itself to new reality
A fractious meeting in Washington has left Ukrainians wondering what will become of relations with the US.
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How Trump’s compulsion to dominate sabotages dealmaking, undermines democracy and threatens global stability
Trump’s angry outburst at Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy illustrated why authoritarians are lousy dealmakers, particularly when autocratic in...
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