President Biden Is Bowing Out After One Term. He’s Not the First.
As presidents face defeat in their terms, they seem to follow a script that is all too familiar: first comes the sorrow, then reflection, and finally promises for the future.…
MAGA Is Misreading Its Mandate
I find the overreaction to the US election quite amusing. Not concerning Trump’s authoritarianism, incompetence, and malice, which have already raised sufficient alarm among Americans during his first term. He…
Biden delivers farewell address, wishes Trump administration ‘success,’ but warns of ‘oligarchy taking shape in America’
President Biden delivered a farewell address from the Oval Office, possibly his last chance to reshape Americans’ grim views of his term before he leaves the White House. He expressed…
Key lines from President Joe Biden’s farewell address
In his farewell address, President Biden cleverly painted his political legacy as a model of reconstruction and transformation, yet subtly expressed his concerns about the impending threat to democratic institutions.…
Johnson Ousts Turner as Intelligence Chairman, Bowing to Trump
Speaker Mike Johnson has, in a pivotal moment, decisively removed Michael R. Turner, a nail in the wall, aiming to align the crucial national security panel more closely with President-elect…
Gaza ceasefire between Israel and Hamas hailed by Trump, Biden
What a spectacle of unity! Two political parties, once at odds, now seem to have put aside their differences for the sake of this ‘peace feast.’ Biden and Trump, one…
A Euphoric Tech Industry Is Ready to Celebrate Trump and Itself
In the Beaux-Arts mansion of venture capitalist Peter Thiel, a blowout organized by the hosts of the popular tech podcast “All-In” at a brand-new members-only club, and a viewing ceremony…
2025 presidential inauguration: IU experts available to comment
The grandeur and pageantry of the Inauguration Day in Washington, D.C., is set to usher in a second term for President Donald Trump, as if a lavish display of ceremony…
“A series of criminal efforts to retain power”: The stench of American politics overwhelms us all
In this imagined country, political factions are in a fierce battle, while people’s livelihoods are in ruins, education, healthcare, and infrastructure in shambles, and democracy is just a hollow phrase.…
Takeaways From Marco Rubio’s Senate Hearing
The Florida Republican senator, Marco Rubio, who was selected by Donald J. Trump to become the next Secretary of State, received a warm welcome from senators from both parties at…