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Bill Moyers, the former White House press secretary turned acclaimed TV journalist, dead at 91

Bill Moyers, the former White House press secretary who became one of television’s most honored journalists, has died at 91

The Independent UK

Jon Stewart on Ice raids in LA: ‘Terrifyingly militarized sweeps’

Late-night hosts discuss the spectacle of Trump sending the national guard to anti-Ice protests in Los Angeles

The Guardian - US

How unusual is it for the National Guard to come to LA? Here’s what to know about the city’s history

Los Angeles residents and experts say that the National Guard's presence in Los Angeles in response to immigration protests is reminiscent of a longstanding dynamic in the state and around the country

The Independent UK

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Trump’s use of the national guard against LA protesters defies all precedents

Violence has erupted on the streets of cities across southern California over the weekend, as protesters clashed with agents from the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency detaining people they suspected to be illegal immigrants. The US president, Donald Trump, took the unusual decision on Saturday to deploy 2,000…

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Beasts and besties: German chancellors and US presidents through time

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz meets US President Donald Trump in the White House for the first time. It might be the beginning of a terrible friendship. How did Merz's predecessors cope with the respective men in the Oval Office? Euronews checks out some of the key pairings through time.

Euronews

Who is Larry O'Brien and Why is the NBA Finals Trophy Named After Him?

Lawrence Francis O'Brien Jr., better known as Larry O'Brien, is the namesake of the most prestigious trophy in the NBA. However, O'Brien never played a meaningful game of basketball in his life. So why is the NBA championship trophy named after him?

Sports Illustrated

Trump focuses on size over safety in push for Qatari plane

ANALYSIS: The president wants to make Air Force One a ‘palace in the sky,’ says Janet Bednarek

The Independent UK

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Trump’s vision for Air Force One will turn it from the ‘Flying White House’ to a ‘palace in the sky’

Since President Donald Trump excitedly announced that he would be accepting a US$400 million plane from the Qatari government to serve as the next Air Force One, even members of his own party have expressed alarm.

The Conversation

DEI hysteria is a national security risk

White mediocrity has become a national security risk

Salon

New JFK assassination files: What was revealed about Oswald and CIA plots?

New files released on Tuesday don’t shed new light on Kennedy’s assassination. But they reveal details about CIA plots.

Al Jazeera

Newly released JFK assassination files reveal more about CIA but don't yet point to conspiracies

Newly released documents related to President John F. Kennedy’s assassination in 1963 are giving curious readers more details Wednesday into Cold War-era covert U.S. operations in other nations but didn’t initially lend credence to long-circulating conspiracy theories about who killed JFK

The Independent UK

Trump releases more than 2,000 new JFK assassination files: What we know

More than 60,000 new pages are now accessible. But historians are trying to answer whether they tell us anything new.

Al Jazeera

Trump executive order rescinds ban on ‘segregated’ facilities for federal contractors, conflicting with federal law

Despite Trump’s order, companies are still subject to the Civil Rights Act and state anti-discrimination laws

The Independent UK

A brief history of Medicaid and America’s long struggle to establish a health care safety net

The Medicaid system has emerged as an early target of the Trump administration’s campaign to slash federal spending. A joint federal and state program, Medicaid provides health insurance coverage for more than 72 million people, including low-income Americans and their children and people with disabilities. It also helps foot the…

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Bloody Sunday: restored photos show the violence that shocked a nation

‘Spider’ Martin’s newly restored photos that documented firsthand the violence on 7 March 1965 are on view at Alabama exhibit Selma Is Now

Kiplinger

Presidents and Social Security: How Presidents Have Impacted America's First Social Insurance Policy

Since its inception in 1935, Social Security has expanded its mission and reach. Here is how each president from Roosevelt to Trump has impacted Social Security.

Salon

Trump's opening assault on diversity

Trump all-encompassing war on diversity is part of an effort to roll back the gains of the Civil Rights Movement

The Independent UK

What is DEI? The initiative designed to help has become the ire of Trump and Republicans

Trump's orders have been celebrated by supporters and allies, and criticized by advocacy groups who say they might deepen inequities and undo decades of progress

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President Carter had to balance employers’ demands for foreign workers with pressure to restrict immigration – and so does Trump

President Donald Trump promised during his three presidential campaigns to deport as many immigrants living in the U.S. without legal authorization as possible.

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White House Orders Release Of JFK Assassination Files And Leaves People On Edge

“Our government, led by corrupt bureaucrats, has hidden this information from the American people for far too long,” US Rep. Anna Paulina Luna said. The post White House Orders Release Of JFK Assassination Files And Leaves People On Edge first appeared on Bored Panda.

Al Jazeera

What do Trump’s executive orders on workplace diversity programmes say?

The US president has revoked a 1965 executive order, put federal DEI workers on leave and taken down diversity websites.

International Business Times

Trump's Crackdown On DEI: Federal Employees Urged To Expose Concealed Diversity Plans

The memo, sent to employees across multiple departments, was signed by various members of Trump's cabinet, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the State Department and Acting Attorney General James McHenry at the Justice Department.

Salon

A tale of two Americas

In a curious coincidence, the inauguration of Donald Trump falls on a day we honor the legacy of Martin Luther King

Reason

President Lyndon B. Johnson's TV Station and the "Blind Trust"

I recently wrote about the purportedly "blind" trust created for President Jimmy Carter's peanut business. President Lyndon B. Johnson also… The post President Lyndon B. Johnson's TV Station and the "Blind Trust" appeared first on Reason.com.

The Independent UK

Jimmy Carter death: What is a national day of mourning?

Following Jimmy Carter’s death at the age of 100, his funeral will be first for a Democratic president in more than half a century

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