In his last national security speech, delivered before troops on Dec. 6, Barack Obama praised and defended his administration’s legacy and offered his view on…
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Newspapers around the world attempt to make sense of a Donald Trump presidency
Yesterday (Nov. 9), the world’s press reacted in shock to Donald Trump becoming the 45th president of the United States. Today, that stunned reaction has…
With a week until election day, Hillary Clinton is hosting a very eclectic concert series
Hillary Clinton is kind of like that friend who claims to love every type of music. Only in this case, instead of doing it to…
The nomination of Trump was messier on the floor than it looked on TV
Cleveland, Ohio It wasn’t exactly the show of unity and enthusiasm that Donald Trump—or the Republican establishment—had wanted the convention to project. This evening, as…
All of Cleveland will be a “No Drone Zone” for the GOP convention
The city of Cleveland is gearing up for the invasion of 50,000 GOP conventioneers and assorted visitors next week and–despite the city’s clear ability to…
Apple has reportedly pulled out of the Republican convention, citing Trump’s offensive rhetoric
Apple recently informed US Republican leadership that it will not provide support for the 2016 GOP Convention, to be held in Cleveland, Ohio, in July.…
How the Republican elite tried to fix the presidency and instead got Donald Trump
Minneapolis, Minnesota At the heart of Donald Trump’s unexpected rise lies a nagging paradox. His victory reveals an astonishing loss of control of the Republican…
There are still ways Trump could lose the Republican nomination
“Real estate mogul,” the press used to call him. Or “billionaire businessman,” when that wore thin, along with the odd “reality TV show star.” By…
Inside the Trump machine: the bizarre psychology of America’s newest political movement
Over the span of three days in March, in far-flung corners of Ohio, more than 20,000 people—retired schoolteachers, hair stylists, chinos-clad Young Republicans, Nicaraguan immigrants,…
Ohio is the Republican party’s last chance to stop the Trump juggernaut
Youngstown, Ohio The huge metal door cranked slowly open, and there it was—the insectoid face of John "Florida Man" Kasich’s campaign bus, backlit by an overcast morning…