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Britain’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, right, meets with U.S. President Joe Biden and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in San Diego in March 2023 as part of AUKUS, the trilateral security pact between three countries. (Stefan Rousseau/Pool via AP)

Why AUKUS is here to stay, despite looming roadblocks

AUKUS faces political challenges right now, and the next year may bring even deeper problems. Big-picture geopolitical realities suggest AUKUS will survive.
Former President Donald Trump poses for his booking photo at the Fulton County Jail on Aug. 24, 2023. Fulton County Sheriff Office via Getty Images

Trump’s mug shot is now a means of entertainment and fundraising − but it will go down in history as an important cultural artifact

Former President Donald Trump’s mug shot is in line with the traditional mug shots that arrested people first took in the mid-1800s and early 1900s, a police photography expert explains.
America’s overnight summer star, country singer Oliver Anthony, performs in Moyock, N.C., on Aug. 19. (Kendall Warner/The Virginian-Pilot via AP)

How this summer’s hit ‘Rich Men North of Richmond’ was appropriated by both the right and left

Although its content is essentially libertarian, the No. 1 song of the summer in the U.S. resonates with both some Democratic supporters and those on the Trumpist right.
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis speaks during a news conference after former President Donald Trump’s Aug. 15 indictment. Joe Raedle/Getty Images

RICO is often used to target the mob and cartels − but Trump and his associates aren’t the first outside those worlds to face charges

Federal and state RICO charges, which target racketeering, have been applied to a wide range of crimes committed by politicians and business people over the past few decades.
Attorney General Merrick Garland announces on Aug. 11, 2023, that he has appointed a special counsel to handle the investigations into Hunter Biden. Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images

Special counsels, like the one leading the Justice Department’s investigation of Hunter Biden, are intended to be independent − but they aren’t entirely

Special counsels can help presidential administrations avoid the perception of bias, but they are not as independent as the independent counsels of the past.
Donald Trump continues to have − and to exercise − his free speech rights, even while under court orders. AP Photo/Alex Brandon

Jack Smith’s requested gag order, like judicial orders restricting Trump’s speech, seeks to balance constitutional rights

Trump has not been silenced. The limits on his speech protect fundamental rights − including his right to a fair trial by an unbiased jury and the public’s right to a working justice system.
Eight GOP candidates for president after they entered the debate hall in Milwaukee on Aug. 23, 2023. Scott Olson/Getty Images

8 GOP candidates debate funding to Ukraine, Trump’s future and – covertly, with dog whistles – race

From immigration and federal spending to Ukraine and the state of American schools, eight GOP presidential candidates had a lot to say.
The indictment of Donald Trump and an aide was ‘laced with rhetorical and narrative techniques.’ Photo Illustration by Drew Angerer/Getty Images

Trump’s classified-documents indictment does more than allege crimes − it tells a compelling story

Department of Justice prosecutors could have composed a technocratic document intelligible only to other criminal law insiders when indicting Donald Trump in the documents case. They did much more.
GOP candidates will likely debate whether the US should continue to pour support into Ukraine’s effort to defeat Russia. Scott Peterson/Getty Images

First Republican debate set to kick off without Trump – but with the potential to direct the GOP’s foreign policy stance

While a few Republican politicians have aligned with former President Donald Trump’s isolationist foreign policy position, most candidates continue to push for the traditional stance of engagement.
Not inside: News cameras set up outside the E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. Federal Courthouse, where former President Donald Trump was due in court on Aug. 2, 2023. AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais

Cameras in the court: Why most Trump trials won’t be televised

The majority of Americans support TV coverage of former President Donald Trump’s trial on charges he attempted to overturn the 2020 election.

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