How Much the U.S. Spent on Foreign Aid—and Where It Went
The U.S. spends tens of billions of dollars on foreign aid, much of it on humanitarian assistance, though it also has ...
Trump’s rush to unleash executive power hits a judicial wall
According to a Bloomberg News analysis, more than 40 lawsuits have been filed challenging the barrage of activity by the new ...
America debates muscular executive power
Some are thrilled by the number of executive actions. Others see it as executive overreach. What is a U.S. president really ...
The Coinage Act Of 1792 And Monetary Policy Today
The United States used to charge a fee for getting one of its dollars, to cover expenses—such is the way of all good business ...
Republican who ran USAID under Bush calls dismantling it ‘madness’ as Trump, Musk cut nearly all staff
Since the end of World War II, the United States has remained a global power through foreign policy defined by what retired ...
Trump’s Assault on USAID Makes Project 2025 Look Like Child’s Play
Project 2025, the conservative governing playbook produced by veterans of the first Trump administration, has an entire ...
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His Decades of Advocacy Saved You Money While Fighting Climate Change. Here’s His Advice for This Moment
Steven Nadel considers strategy and history as he steps back from a career as one of Washington’s leading voices for energy ...
Trump stocks Justice Department with personal lawyers after loyalty complains during his first term
President Donald Trump hasn’t been attending the swearing-in ceremonies for his Cabinet officials in the last two weeks, ...
‘What Elon Musk Said Is a Bold-Faced Lie’
A former Republican director of USAID says the agency is critical to U.S. interests and can’t be abolished or folded into the State Department.
The Substack invasion: When the tech bros came for journalism, everything changed
How did crusading journalists Glenn Greenwald and Matt Taibbi become right-wing trolls? Let Eoin Higgins explain ...
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Justice Department changes rattle current and former agency veterans
He got that nonpartisan job during the first Trump administration ... U.S. Attorneys — political appointees — for potentially improper reasons in the George W. Bush administration. Back then, ...
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What were Barack Obama and George W. Bush talking about at Donald Trump’s inauguration? Lip reader reveals
A now-viral video has sparked widespread curiosity about what former US presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush were discussing during President Donald Trump’s inauguration ceremony on ...