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Ambassadors play a middle role between the countries where they serve and the one they represent. Trump insists their loyalty must be to the US.
Pressuring broadcasters by leveraging the powers of the Federal Communications Commission occurs no matter which party controls the White House.
Some US presidents have been defined by their adept use of the media. Donald Trump’s weapon of choice is his TruthSocial platform.
A scholar who worked with him for decades observes that what mattered to Moyers was not how close you were to power, but how close you got to reality.
During Jim Crow segregation, political leaders used domestic military power to preserve the interests of racial authoritarians.
The president has followed in the footsteps of Louis XIV of France and the czars of Russia, who operated national theaters as extensions of monarchical power.
In 1976, America’s white evangelical Christians were shocked a candidate had lust in his heart. In 2024, around 80% of them voted for a serial sexual predator.
While 4 presidents have been killed, many others have been victims of plots to end their lives − sometimes because of political anger, but many other times for incomprehensible reasons.
Donald Trump often speaks of an America in decline. Kamala Harris counters with a rival emotional appeal centered around excitement and joy.
Do the Kennedys deserve to remain a power centre in American life and politics? A disturbing new book wonders, while chronicling decades of reckless, entitled treatment of women by various Kennedy men.
Kamala Harris and Tim Walz will officially accept their nominations at the Democratic National Convention. A scholar of the presidency shares memorable moments from previous events.
Trump and the movement behind him is both new and old. Times are unprecedented but also, to historians of America, frighteningly familiar. Nick Bryant’s book excavates that history.
While people now reflect on how or whether Nixon’s sweaty, haggard appearance during the debate cost him the election, the view in 1960 was that the debate was a draw.
RFK Jr wants to get into the television debates, but so far, it’s not looking likely.
With wealth, charm and tactful leadership, John F. Kennedy set the standard for working toward the common good and decency in public discourse
A scholar of history of education and American politics explains what is behind his course on conspiracy theories and how students learn to debunk fake ideas.
Hundreds of Australians wrote to Jackie Kennedy after her husband was killed. The letters paint a revealing portrait of who we were and who we wanted to be.
The event shocked the world. But it also sparked the minds of filmmakers, authors, artists and conspiracy theorists.
JFK’s leadership style has been hugely influential, acting as a model emulated by subsequent presidents including Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton, and Barack Obama.
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