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Trump’s attitude on Executive Orders is nothing new

Bill Clinton

Policy

Trump’s attitude on Executive Orders is nothing new

By the late 1990s and onwards, White House advisers and presidents openly declared their love of executive orders

Taylor Millard

Shooing away the ghosts of Clinton and Blair

Donald Trump didn’t just win an election last year, he performed an exorcism

Daniel McCarthy

Bill Clinton’s latest memoir sees him at his chirpiest — and most combative

As much as anything else, Citizen is a book of omissions

Christopher Sandford

The Democrats need a new rulebook

At the start of this century the party had a very clear picture of what the future was supposed to look like. Trump proved it a mirage

Daniel McCarthy

Politics

Democrats are desperate for a new Bill Clinton

Viewed three decades on, his two election wins seem one of US history’s happier twists

Robin Ashenden

DC Diary
November 22, 2024
How DOGE is planning to cut down the feds
Plus: Trump turns to Project 2025 as he fills his cabinet
The Spectator
Cockburn’s Gossip
October 25, 2024
Election night plans… soirée or flee?
Plus: NPR reporter reads ‘toxic masculinity’ book at Trump event
Cockburn
DC Diary
October 18, 2024
Trump ribs Kamala for skipping Al Smith dinner
Plus: AOC at PSU
The Spectator
Campaign 2024
October 16, 2024
Kamala creaks in hard-hitting Fox News interview
Bret Baier politely took no prisoners
Teresa Mull
Campaign 2024
October 16, 2024
The Big Dog unleashed on immigration
Bill Clinton’s mistake is being too honest about what he thinks is really going on
Ben Domenech
Diary
June 17, 2024
My surprise call with Donald Trump
The former president is convinced he’s heading back to the White House
Piers Morgan
Politics
May 15, 2024
Meet Jon Davidson, chief of staff to the stars
Bill Clinton’s top aide doesn’t appear the slightest bit averse to using his boss’s power, fame and resources
William D. Cohan
Politics
February 15, 2024
Donald Trump and the clash of realities
Reality itself is contested today in a way that goes beyond anything in earlier US history
Daniel McCarthy
Royals
January 5, 2024
The Epstein files have Prince Andrew in crisis
He is facing the prospect of not one, but two docudramas raking over the humiliation of his Newsnight interview
Alexander Larman
Politics
December 14, 2023
A potted history of impeachments
The House has voted to impeach a federal official only twenty-one times in the 234 years the Constitution has been in effect
John Steele Gordon

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