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Nixon

The heated rhetoric between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un shows no signs of abating.

What happens if Trump decides to launch a nuclear weapon, and his advisers disagree?

Conflict

What happens if the US starts to stumble toward nuclear war?

When President Trump spoke at CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia in January, he reportedly brought along his own staff to clap and cheer.

Trump tried to ice out the intelligence community from his effort to create a back channel to Russia

Global Politics
Marco Werman letter

Marco Werman: The first time I protested

Global Politics
Nixon Watergate tapes

Nixon thought he’d be the only one to ever hear his secret recordings

Conflict
Nixon Watergate tapes

Nixon thought he’d be the only one to ever hear his secret recordings

Conflict
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Here’s what we lost when we stopped writing letters

Arts, Culture & Media

British blogger Shaun Usher has been collecting remarkable letters from around the globe and throughout history — and publishing them on his blog. Now, he’s collected some of the best in his book, Letters of Note.

Here’s what we lost when we stopped writing letters

Arts, Culture & Media

British blogger Shaun Usher has been collecting remarkable letters from around the globe and throughout history — and publishing them on his blog. Now, he’s collected some of the best in his book, Letters of Note.

New Movie Releases of The Week: Our Nixon, Closed Circuit, One Direction: This Is Us

This week’s big movie releases include the all-archival documentary “Our Nixon,” which examines the Nixon presidency through the use of home movies filmed by Nixon aides. Also hitting the box office is “Closed Circuit,” the British crime thriller and “One Direction: This Is Us,” an intimate, all access look at the boy band One Direction […]

Does the War Powers Resolution Apply to a US Attack on Syria?

Conflict & Justice

What exactly is the War Powers Resolution? It was passed in 1973 and was designed to involve Congress in any decision to send American troops into hostilities. But the language of the Act leaves its requirements open to interpretation.

Anniversary: Recalling Nixon’s trip to China, 40 years later

Global Politics

Today marks the 40th anniversary of President Richard Nixon’s historic visit to China. In February 1972, in the final years of the Vietnam War, Richard Nixon flew to China to meet with Chairman Mao Zedong and Premier Zhou Enlai. The meeting has been memorialized as the triumph of Nixon’s career.

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