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‘What it means to be an American’: Abraham Lincoln and a nation divided Amid a new crisis, Ted Widmer’s book on the 16th president’s journey to Washington in 1861 may prove timely indeed Abraham Lincoln in a portrait by Matthew Brady, taken in December 1861. Photograph: Bettmann Archive Ted Widmer has published a book about […] More
The ABC News White House correspondent first met the 45th president in tabloid New York. His book is a cautionary tale Donald Trump speaks at a coronavirus briefing at the White House. Photograph: Rex/Shutterstock At a White House coronavirus briefing late last month, Donald Trump became visibly annoyed. Jonathan Karl, ABC’s chief White House correspondent, […] More
Interview David Smith in Washington Interview ‘It’s an exhausting story’: Jonathan Karl on his up-close view of Trump David Smith in Washington ABC’s chief White House correspondent on his new book Front Row at the Trump Show, fake news, coronavirus and why the Trump presidency is a matter of life and death Donald Trump speaks […] More
David Plouffe went to the White House with Obama then predicted a Clinton victory. Has he learned from that reverse? Have we? On Tuesday, Joe Biden and his juggernaut left Bernie Sanders’ dream in tatters. The former vice-president swept primaries in Arizona, Florida and Illinois. Fact: Sanders looks a lot less appealing without Hillary Clinton […] More
The longtime Republican aide seems to want back in – she might want to rethink her ideas on the civil war and slavery first Kathleen Troia McFarland, better known as KT, was a deputy national security adviser to Donald Trump between January and May 2017. After she was shoved out the door by HR McMaster, […] More
Ex-national security adviser to release Battlegrounds on 28 April President is trying to block publication of book by John Bolton Donald Trump is trying to stop the publication of a book by his third national security adviser, John Bolton, but he will soon have to contend with a volume published by his second. Lt Gen […] More
Lachlan Markay and Asawin Suebsaeng deliver gossip as well as the goods from behind the scenes of our national reality show In July 2018, the Daily Beast’s Lachlan Markay posted a short piece about a mysterious $375,000 contribution from “Global Energy Producers” to America First Action, a pro-Trump Super Pac. Eighteen months later, federal agents […] More
As disregard for the ‘actual truth of the matter’ spreads, what can the author of The Prince tell us about The Donald? “Real power is – I don’t even want to use the word – fear.” Related: How to dump Trump: Rick Wilson on Running Against the Devil Continue reading… More
