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ASIA PACIFIC
May 19, 2021
South Korea's Moon seeks urgency on North Korea and a vaccine deal at summit with Biden
Moon is scheduled to arrive in Washington on Thursday for a four-day stay, which will include a series of meetings with Biden.
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WORLD / Politics
May 8, 2021
Trump Justice Department got phone records of three Washington Post reporters
The department also attempted to get the email records of the reporters, who were looking into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, the newspaper reported.
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COMMENTARY / World
May 3, 2021
The trust gap between winning and losing sides in elections
A gap between the winning and losing sides' willingness to accept the outcome of a presidential contest is nothing new.
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COMMENTARY / World
May 2, 2021
G.I. Joe Trotsky
According to The Washington Post, of the 380 of the people now facing federal charges stemming from the riot, some 44 are current or former U.S. armed forces members.
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WORLD / Crime & Legal
Apr 29, 2021
Rudy Giuliani's home searched as probe of former Trump lawyer intensifies
Federal agents on Wednesday searched Rudolph Giuliani's Manhattan apartment and office, escalating their investigation into the Ukrainian business dealings of the onetime personal lawyer of former President Donald Trump.
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COMMENTARY / World
Apr 27, 2021
America’s undimmed global cultural reach continues
The influence of American culture remains as strong as ever. The growth of a QAnon movement in Japan is the clearest example that some of its more paranoid ideas are spreading overseas.
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COMMENTARY / World
Apr 21, 2021
Why would anyone want to be president?
More often than anyone might think, ample grounds exist for wondering why anyone would want to be president of the United States. Yes, there’s the glory of being elected to occupy the country’s most powerful office, hearing “Hail to the Chief,” receiving military salutes, and being called “Mr....
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LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Apr 16, 2021
'Bidenese' returns interpreters and translators to a linguistic safe zone
Japanese translators made news when they expressed difficulties in translating former U.S. President Donald Trump. So, how are they doing with Joe Biden?
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WORLD
Mar 29, 2021
Former top U.S. virus official lashes Trump’s pandemic response, citing needless deaths
The comments by Dr. Deborah L. Birx, the coronavirus response coordinator, were among a string of bombshells that emerged during a CNN special report.
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COMMENTARY / World
Mar 19, 2021
The second Jacksonian age
The Jacksonian era, like our own, was a time of extreme democratization and rampant anti-elitism.
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WORLD / Politics
Mar 17, 2021
Putin likely directed 2020 U.S. election meddling, U.S. intelligence finds
The report added heft to longstanding allegations that some of Trump's top lieutenants were playing into Moscow's hands by amplifying claims made against Biden.
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COMMENTARY / World
Mar 16, 2021
Why Trumpian populism failed
Trump's “America First” was mostly posturing because he couldn't deliver real improvements in the lives of his base.
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WORLD / Politics
Mar 4, 2021
Trump weighing 2024 presidential run without Mike Pence, allies say
Privately, the former president is taking stock of who he believes stood with him at the end of his term and who didn't, according to insiders.
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COMMENTARY / World
Mar 2, 2021
Trump’s not-quite-triumphant return
Trump sounded most sad and pathetic as he again circled back toward the Big Lie about the 2020 election.
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WORLD / Politics
Mar 1, 2021
Trump teases 2024 run with proven rhetoric at major U.S. conservative event
The former U.S. president's central argument is that he's the best candidate to win in 2024 because — according to him — he never lost the 2020 election.
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WORLD / Politics
Feb 27, 2021
With gold-colored Trump statue, conservatives show fealty to former president
U.S. conservatives praised Donald Trump at an annual gathering on Friday, even unveiling a golden statue of the former president, showing he remains a Republican political force despite violent scenes in Washington last month.
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BUSINESS
Feb 27, 2021
U.S. signals it will implement tough rule curbing China tech threats
The Trump-era rule would give the Commerce Department broad authority to prohibit transactions involving 'foreign adversaries.”
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WORLD
Feb 24, 2021
Police failed to see U.S. Capitol riot threat: ‘These criminals came prepared’
All of Tuesday's witnesses said they were caught off guard by the coordinated violence from insurrectionists chanting support for Trump and threats of violence against members of Congress.

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