Air Force One shouldn’t be seen as only a cool piece of flying technology or a political flash point. Instead, writes a historian, the presidential plane has shaped and defined the modern presidency.
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More than 10,000 attorneys who worked for the US government have left their jobs during the second Trump administration; a former federal judge analyzes the impact of that exodus.
It’s no longer uncommon for scheduled university commencement speakers to have their invitations rescinded following backlash over their politics.
From the 1960s onward, dissident Cubans in exile have sought to undermine the government in Havana − often with US assistance.
The experiences of Donald Trump’s predecessors remind us of the dangers inherent in the inevitable human frailty of the very powerful.
As the 2026 midterm elections edge closer, most people know the party that controls the White House is likely to lose seats in Congress. They usually do not know just how entrenched that pattern is.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s accounts of the notorious false flag operations proposed during the Kennedy years omit the most important part of the story. Hint: It’s a family affair.
A common US-centric narrative holds that the Cuban missile crisis ended when Washington stood firm against the Soviets. But that story ignores a whole continent.
In a polarized environment, the elevation of a figure into a saint does more than honor the individual. It turns a political struggle into a sacred one.
In the wake of the US attacks, the international community asked itself how it could ensure that such horrors were never repeated.
Republicans have a leader, Donald Trump; a banner, MAGA; and a song, ‘God Bless the USA.’ Democrats have nothing like this.
Canadians should be alert to foreign interference in the federal election, but the most important thing to do is cast a ballot based on their own well-informed priorities, worries and aspirations.
Left out of FDR’s New Deal, the health insurance program for the poor was finally established in 1965.
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.
In US history, there have been many memorable elections – including those involving quick, decisive wins and others subjected to drawn-out legal battles.
Donald Trump often speaks of an America in decline. Kamala Harris counters with a rival emotional appeal centered around excitement and joy.
Presidential candidate’s potential ties to an Irish slave owner complicate narratives around colonial legacies and the proper place of Black Irish identity in history.
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.
For all the energy, creativity and money presidential candidates pour into their campaigns, it turns out that the ‘subtle power of irrelevant events’ can also shift an election’s outcome.
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.
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Emeritus Professor of History, University of Toronto
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Assistant Professor of French and Francophone Studies, Stetson University
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Associate Professor of Political Science, Clarkson University
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Associate Professor of Instruction, The University of Texas at Austin
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William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science, Amherst College
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Professor of American History, University of Sussex
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