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Past articles by Stephen:

CNN

Biden just secured a big win from his Europe trip

President Joe Biden has already secured a powerful deliverable from his Europe trip – one that will weaken Russia’s strategic position in another detrimental consequence of its invasion of Ukraine. → Read More

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New glimpses into 2020 election interference probe suggest peril could be growing for Trump and his associates

Revelations that special counsel Jack Smith has been digging into efforts to overturn former President Donald Trump’s Arizona election loss in 2020 bolster growing indications that his investigation is nearing a critical point. → Read More

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The war in Ukraine will define Biden’s legacy, but peril and uncertainty lie ahead

President Joe Biden’s emphatic Oval Office statement Wednesday that the US “fully, fully, fully” backs Sweden’s bid to join NATO emphasized the extraordinary, legacy defining role he has played in defying 21st century Russian expansionism. → Read More

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Trump's dominance of GOP field has America bracing for a toxic campaign

As America celebrated its independence, while divided on the true nature of its values, it also braced for a toxic presidential campaign likely to deepen its political trauma and again push the election system to its limits. → Read More

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Conservatives are on a roll in their quest to remake America through the courts

Conservatives – despite their limited federal elected power – racked up another huge win in the great political battle of the early 21st century. → Read More

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‘Bidenomics’ is all about repelling Trump’s chaos theory

President Joe Biden often explains his simple theory of winning elections with his dad’s fabled kitchen table wisdom: “Don’t compare me to the Almighty, compare me to the alternative.” → Read More

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The tape that perfectly encapsulates why Trump may be unfit for the Oval Office – and why it may not matter

Critics on Tuesday seized on the latest Trump tape as a perfect example of why the twice-impeached, twice-indicted former president is unfit to return to the Oval Office. → Read More

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Biden is turning the screw on Putin even as US denies role in Russia’s insurrection

Russia’s short-lived insurrection has handed Joe Biden the most perilous version yet of a dilemma that has confounded the last five US presidents: how to handle Vladimir Putin. → Read More

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The West must now consider the possibility of a Russian political collapse

The world just got a hint of a tantalizing but possibly even more dangerous future without Russian President Vladimir Putin. The Western stakes in the Ukraine war rose significantly as a result. → Read More

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China was the ghost at the US-India feast

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi basked in the most lavish honors that the US can bestow on a visiting leader. But for much of his state visit, the specter of an uninvited guest hovered over Washington and the future of US-India relations. → Read More

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Hunter Biden’s plea deal will not spare him from a withering 2024 spotlight

The plea deal likely to spare Hunter Biden a jail term will only fuel Republican Party fervor to purge the Justice Department – already a driving issue in the 2024 campaign as ex-President Donald Trump portrays himself as a victim of political persecution. → Read More

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Trump’s main 2024 election goal is now to save himself

Donald Trump went from courtroom to campaign trail in the blink of an eye on Tuesday, underscoring how the 2024 election – which should address the most pressing issues of the American people – has become a mere tool of his criminal defense strategy. → Read More

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Trump’s arraignment on federal charges is a grave moment for the nation

For the first time in history, the nation is seeking to put on criminal trial a person who was elected to lead it as president. → Read More

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Trump documents case is a test for the justice system he wants to dismantle

Donald Trump’s federal indictment represents far more than a battle between the government and an ex-president over national security secrets that he kept in a stunningly insecure fashion. → Read More

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The twice-impeached Trump now faces his second criminal indictment as he looks to recapture White House

Donald Trump, who has often lied, unquestionably told the truth when he said Thursday was a “dark day” for America. → Read More

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Golf’s new Saudi deal presents questionable political, business and sporting realities

The PGA Tour once advertised its brightest stars with the catch phrase “These guys are good.” A better slogan might now be “These guys are even richer.” → Read More

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Growing GOP field isn’t selling primary voters on why they should ditch Trump

The Republican presidential field is growing almost by the day, but no candidate has yet offered an effective answer to GOP primary voters on the race’s most compelling question – why they should ditch Donald Trump. → Read More

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Why any debt deal could be just the beginning of the treacherous road to avoiding default

Just six days remain before America could run out of money to pay its bills in a calamity that could trigger a recession and global economic turmoil. Deep divisions remain between the White House and House Republicans over a potential deal under which Congress would vote to raise the government’s borrowing limit in exchange for capping spending. → Read More

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DeSantis is under immediate pressure to bounce back after embarrassing campaign launch

Ron DeSantis’ campaign launch fizzled like one of Elon Musk’s early rocket prototypes. → Read More

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DeSantis to open presidential bid by out-Trumping Trump

Ron DeSantis’ decision to announce his 2024 White House bid in a conversation with Elon Musk on Twitter on Wednesday will make a typically blunt statement about his campaign, the unruly populism of the modern Republican Party and an accelerating conservative media revolution. → Read More