George W. Bush
President of the United States from 2001 to 2009
41 stories
21 quotes
No effing way. Don’t buy the bonds. Don’t do that.”
- Asked how he would have advised Bush about making a similar purchase of securities in a federal contractor, Painter saidCNNcnn.com/2026/10…
In the battle of Iraq, the United States and our allies have prevailed."
- On May 1, 2003,... President George W. Bush declared from an aircraft carrier off San DiegoNewsweeknewsweek.com/battle/hormuz…
I’m sure you’ve heard the same predictions I’ve heard,
- Bush saidCNNcnn.com/2026/10…
Major combat operations in Iraq have ended,
If he manages to lose both houses of Congress, as I suspect he will, there may be lots of conflicts going to the court over the next couple years,
- said ED WHELAN, who served in the Justice Department under former President GEORGE W. BUSH and as a law clerk to Justice ANTONIN SCALIAPoliticopolitico.com/newsletters/west…
God, politics can be brutal,
- she said in a video posted to social media, after a bush walk with her husband on ThursdayGuardiantheguardian.com/australia/news…
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White House on Trump purchasing SpaceX debt before space order: ‘No conflicts of interest’
The Hillthehill.com/homenews/administr…Those trades occurred weeks before Trump convened Musk, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and other AI leaders for a White House summit
CNNcnn.com/2026/10…Iran's IRGC strikes tanker and threatens to target vessels beyond Hormuz
Euronewseuronews.com/2026/10…Behind her, a white hatchback car is parked along the street in front of a shaded structure
Foreign Policyforeignpolicy.com/2026/10…Some Tout a U.S. Victory in Iran. I’m Not So Sure.
Foreign Policyforeignpolicy.com/2026/10…Iran’s seaborne oil exports have been all but halted by a U.S. blockade and sanctions
Newsweeknewsweek.com/battle/hormuz…The Battle of Hormuz Is Won. Now Comes the Insurgency Phase
Newsweeknewsweek.com/battle/hormuz…The Iranian-backed Houthis have been in a fight with Yemen’s government for more than a decade and control a substantial part of the country, including the capital city of Sana’a. Though a 2022 ceasefire tamped down fighting, the conflict has intensified in recent months
Politicopolitico.com/news/2026…It’s time for China to offer more than statements on Hormuz
South China Morning Postscmp.com/opinion/world…Iran’s seaborne oil exports have been all but halted by a U.S. blockade and sanctions
Newsweeknewsweek.com/battle/hormuz…Dennis Hastert, longest-serving Republican House Speaker and admitted child sex offender, dies at 84
Fox Newsfoxnews.com/politics/dennis…The Republican served as House speaker from 1999 until 2007 and helped advance much of President George W. Bush’s agenda, including major tax cuts and an expansion of Medicare prescription drug benefits
The News Internationalthenews.com.pk/latest/1418852…Trump heads to Nebraska as Republicans fear strongholds could flip
France 24france24.com/en/video…Trump uses colorful language to discuss midterms during Ohio rally
The Independentindependent.co.uk/news/world…Trump takes control of Republican midterms campaign to boost his own image
Le Mondelemonde.fr/en/international…Trump uses colorful language to discuss midterms during Ohio rally
The Independentindependent.co.uk/news/world…MS NOW Airs Not 1, Not 2, But 3 Scathing Trump Supercuts On Iran
HuffPosthuffpost.com/entry/ms…Smoke rises after a strike in Tehran on March 1, the day after the U.S. and Israel first attacked Iran
Los Angeles Timeslatimes.com/politics/story…As Trump spirals with midterms, it seems his go-to safe spaces are becoming less welcoming
The Independentindependent.co.uk/news/world…At this rate, Democrats may want to stop ordering yard signs and start ordering life jackets
Fox Newsfoxnews.com/opinion/lee…Trump clashes ahead as new Supreme Court term begins
NBC Newsnbcnews.com/politics/supreme…Those intense and abbreviated proceedings, often yielding nominally temporary but vastly consequential rulings, have changed the way the justices work
The New York Timesnytimes.com/2026/10…The Greens need to let the sunshine in or risk stagnation
WAtodaywatoday.com.au/politics/federa…Hanson-Young was eliminated after the first ballot with only two votes
Guardiantheguardian.com/australia/news…US Justice Department accuses Minnesota federal judges of misconduct
The News Internationalthenews.com.pk/latest/1418276…It was the latest twist in a clash between the Trump administration and federal judges who have at times thwarted his drive to deport millions of immigrants lacking residency papers
The Manila Timesmanilatimes.net/2026/10…GOP is running 2026 like it’s 2006, repeating George W. Bush’s Iraq War election failure
Fox Newsfoxnews.com/opinion/gop…The outcome of the 2026 election will be determined primarily by how well Republicans play defense across the growing list of GOP-held House and Senate seats Democrats are targeting
CNNcnn.com/2026/09…Trump’s disapproval ratings are hitting historic levels ahead of the midterms
The Independentindependent.co.uk/news/world…Plus, Henry J. Gomez explains why Appalachia will be key to the outcome of Ohio’s Senate race
NBC Newsnbcnews.com/politics/politics…George W Bush raises money for Republicans, but not key Senate candidate
Fox Newsfoxnews.com/politics/george…Former President George W. Bush and Senator John Cornyn, two top Texas Republicans, are rallying conservative donors behind the party’s Senate candidates — except for the one running in their own state, Ken Paxton
The New York Timesnytimes.com/2026/09…Judge blocks Trump limits on how long foreign students and journalists can stay in US
Guardiantheguardian.com/us/news…The last-minute freeze keeps old rules in place as legal challenge by university groups and labour unions makes its way through the courts
South China Morning Postscmp.com/news/china…Trump interrupts live event to claim AI concerns are ‘hoax’
The Independentindependent.co.uk/tv/news…US President Donald Trump has dismissed fears that AI could wipe out humanity
Gulf Newsgulfnews.com/world/americas…Democrats Gain Midterms Edge as Trump Drags Down Republicans, Per Times/Siena Poll
The New York Timesnytimes.com/2026/09…The midterms are less than 50 days away, and Democrats are increasingly hopeful about their chances of flipping both the House of Representatives and Senate
Newsweeknewsweek.com/republicans/losin…Steve Bannon turns on Trump to team up with Bernie Sanders over AI threat
The Independentindependent.co.uk/news/world…House Republican leaders will speak with reporters Tuesday morning as calls mount for more transparency around artificial intelligence and implementing guardrails around the rapidly developing technology
The Hillthehill.com/video/clips…9/11 at 25: How the ‘War on Terror’ helped mainstream Europe’s far right
Aljazeeraaljazeera.com/opinions/2026…‘War on terror’: How 9/11 changed the language of conflict
Aljazeeraaljazeera.com/news/2026…It took time, but in each of these instances the court responded to wartime repression by developing new legal doctrine that more robustly protected first amendment freedoms
Guardiantheguardian.com/commentisfree/…28-year-old beaten to death over old enmity in Jaunpur
Hindustan Timeshindustantimes.com/cities/othe…CIA releases secret 9/11 intelligence showing warnings before 9/11
The News Internationalthenews.com.pk/latest/1415889…Friday’s release of 71 presidential briefs includes a document from 1998 during Bill Clinton’s administration discussing a potential operation led by Bin Laden to hijack a commercial airliner, and that two accomplices may have successfully evaded security checks in a trial run
The Independentindependent.co.uk/news/world…Widower of Amazon crash victim speaks out after deadly crash: ‘I’m mourning him’
CNNcnn.com/2026/09…US marks 25th anniversary of 9/11 terror attacks
CNAchannelnewsasia.com/watch/us…U.S. Vice President JD Vance attended the annual remembrance ceremony, along with four former presidents: Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama and Joe Biden
XinhuaNetenglish.news.cn/20260912/00c6d…White House reporter remembers the moment President Bush realized America was under attack
CNNcnn.com/2026/09…How counterterrorism has empowered Donald Trump’s imperial presidency
Hindustan Timeshindustantimes.com/world/news…Roughly half an hour later, American Airlines Flight 77 slammed into the building
Fox Newsfoxnews.com/world/america…9/11 broken down minute by minute, 25 years later
CNNcnn.com/2026/09…Twenty years ago on this day (September 11, 2001), al-Qaeda terrorists hijacked four US passenger planes and crashed two of them into two New York skyscrapers and one into the Pentagon, killing nearly 3,000 people in the US
Hindustan Timeshindustantimes.com/world/news…Timothy Snyder: how US failed after 9/11 and what Ukraine should learn from its mistakes
Ukrainska Pravdapravda.com.ua/eng/articles…Two hijacked planes destroyed the World Trade Centre on September 11, 2001, leaving thousands dead and a nation in shock
South China Morning Postscmp.com/news/us…25 Years Later, 83% Of Americans Still Recall Exactly Where They Were On 9/11, Pew Finds Ahead Of Anniversary
International Business Times AUibtimes.com.au/pew/survey…Around 50 minutes later, about 320km southwest, on a similarly crisp September morning in Virginia, a Boeing 757 plunged into the Pentagon
Hindustan Timeshindustantimes.com/ht/explaine…They were frightening days: September 11 and the first draft of history
WAtodaywatoday.com.au/national/nsw…‘Everything changed’: The human cost of 25 years of US wars
Aljazeeraaljazeera.com/news/longform…Trump absent as New York marks 25 years since 9/11 with first Muslim mayor
France 24france24.com/en/americas…Seat belts and a flight attendant call button salvaged from the doomed United Airlines Flight 93
The Independentindependent.co.uk/news/world…25 years after 9/11, the greatest security risk is still a failure of imagination
Gulf Newsgulfnews.com/opinion/op…On 11 September, 25 years ago, Osama bin Laden drove with a small number of al-Qaida retainers and aides to a remote location in eastern Afghanistan
Guardiantheguardian.com/commentisfree/…As New York marks 25 years since 9/11, Muslims recall stigmatisation in aftermath of attacks
France 24france24.com/en/as…Four planes flying over the eastern US were seized simultaneously by small teams of hijackers
BBCbbc.com/news/articles…‘It was all hands on deck’: how the CIA responded to 9/11
Guardiantheguardian.com/us/news…A third plane crashed into the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, and a fourth in rural Pennsylvania after a passenger revolt
Hindustan Timeshindustantimes.com/world/news…Trump faces growing scrutiny over ‘profoundly concerning’ cash gifts for aides including Natalie Harp
Guardiantheguardian.com/us/news…MS NOW’s Nicolle Wallace on Wednesday sought to put into perspective just how wild Donald Trump’s $45,000 cash gift to his devoted aide Natalie Harp — and similar gifts to other staffers — was by comparing it with what she received from former President George W. Bush for her wedding
HuffPosthuffpost.com/entry/nicolle…The department created to stop another 9/11 may no longer be equipped for counterterrorism work
Politicopolitico.com/news/2026…The US intelligence community was dramatically transformed after two planes flew into the World Trade Center, a third smashed into the Pentagon, and a fourth crashed in the Pennsylvania countryside after passengers overcame the hijackers
Guardiantheguardian.com/us/news…For 'horrible moment,' Bush White House thought US military shot down Flight 93
Fox Newsfoxnews.com/politics/horrible…Reporter recounts moment George W Bush was told about 9/11 as aide whispered ‘America is under attack’
The Independentindependent.co.uk/news/world…GOP uses 9/11 anniversary to bash left-wing Dems
Axiosaxios.com/2026/09…Bush revisited his 9/11 response during a conversation with former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice at "A Legacy of Service: America at the 25th Anniversary of 9/11," held at his presidential center in Dallas
Fox Newsfoxnews.com/politics/bush…