Lyndon B. Johnson
president of the United States from 1963 to 1969
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I don’t think anything is going to be as bad as losing. And I don’t see any way of winning,
- Johnson saidCNNcnn.com/2026/08…
We are off to bombing these people; we are over that hurdle,
- LBJ told his Defense Secretary Robert McNamara, in a remark that partially parallels Trump’s strategic choiceCNNcnn.com/2026/08…
Those who seek refuge here will find it,
- declared U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson in October 1965, as thousands of Cubans sought to escape the Castro regimeForeign Policyforeignpolicy.com/2026/05…
And we shall overcome.”
- Millions of Americans watched Johnson end his speech with an allusion to the civil rights movement’s anthem, declaringCNNcnn.com/2026/04…
We are going to do all we can and continue fighting so our voices are heard,
- Johnson saidJapan Todayjapantoday.com/category/world…
We’ll see what effect it has,
- Johnson told reportersAljazeeraaljazeera.com/news/2026…
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Trump goes unmentioned but not ignored as Clinton, Bush, Obama write essays on presidents
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The Independentindependent.co.uk/news/world…Trump administration plans overhaul of antipoverty program for children
Guardiantheguardian.com/us/news…Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. sees a decades-old federal program that has lifted millions of children out of poverty as part of his political family’s legacy
The Independentindependent.co.uk/news/world…President Trump gives Iran ‘last chance’ to make a deal
CNNcnn.com/2026/08…Just over one month into the war on Iran, US President Donald Trump made an apocalyptic threat that raised the alarm in Washington and Middle Eastern capitals alike, attached to a tight deadline
Aljazeeraaljazeera.com/features/2026…‘One last chance’: The times Trump threatened Iran, said deal imminent
Aljazeeraaljazeera.com/features/2026…American and Saudi aircraft answered in Iraq, striking targets across seven provinces, where the Popular Mobilization Forces—militias funded by, and loyal to Tehran—counted 20 dead
Timetime.com/article/2026…Trump ‘war-games US response’ to chaos in Cuba
The Timesthetimes.com/us/american…Sometimes when President Trump talks about Cuba, he throws in compliments
The Atlantictheatlantic.com/podcasts/2026…Supreme Court Faces New Decision in Major Voting Rights Case
Newsweeknewsweek.com/supreme/court…Padilla has more bona fides than most of his Democratic colleagues when it comes to election law — he served six years as California’s secretary of state and is now the highest-ranking Democrat on the Senate Rules committee which oversees federal elections
Politicopolitico.com/newsletters/calif…US Supreme Court guts historic Voting Rights Act
The Timesthetimes.com/us/american…Alex Padilla was in the Library of Congress with several dozen other senators when their phones all buzzed with the news of the Supreme Court’s ruling on the Voting Rights Act
Politicopolitico.com/newsletters/calif…Media outrage over Supreme Court’s Voting Rights Act decision collides with reality
Fox Newsfoxnews.com/opinion/media…Ex-AG Eric Holder reacts to SCOTUS ruling gutting the Voting Rights Act: Republicans 'want to hold onto power at all costs'
CNNcnn.com/2026/04…Voting rights advocates vow to ‘relocate’ fight after supreme court gutting
Guardiantheguardian.com/us/news…Alex Padilla was in the Library of Congress with several dozen other senators when their phones all buzzed with the news of the Supreme Court’s ruling on the Voting Rights Act
Politicopolitico.com/newsletters/calif…Trump’s last-minute delay: Why he was never going to obliterate Iran in the first place
Fox Newsfoxnews.com/media/trumps…The late Senator Wayne Morse of Oregon often is credited with devising the formula for ending U.S. involvement in Southeast Asia: That we should declare victory and get out
Esquireesquire.com/news/politics…Ceasefire threatened as Iran closes strait again and Trump warns US troops to remain
Euronewseuronews.com/2026/04…Trump Vows Troops to Stay With Iran Talks Set Amid Fragile Truce
Bloomberg Newsbloomberg.com/news/articles…Trump Team Explores Punishment for NATO Countries That Didn’t Support Iran War
The Wall Street Journalwsj.com/world/europe…NATO Chief on Trump meeting: Trump 'clearly disappointed' with allies CNN
CNNcnn.com/2026/04…After 40 days, Trump's shifting Iran strategy ends in uncertainty and a fragile ceasefire
Le Mondelemonde.fr/en/international…The late Senator Wayne Morse of Oregon often is credited with devising the formula for ending U.S. involvement in Southeast Asia: That we should declare victory and get out
Esquireesquire.com/news/politics…Artemis II crewed lunar mission set for Wednesday launch
XinhuaNetenglish.news.cn/20260401/e0285…Reid Wiseman, commander of Artemis II, is set to launch on April 1 alongside NASA's Victor Glover and Christina Koch and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen for a 10-day lunar flyby
Daily Maildailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/ar…Wartime Budgets Are an X-Ray of Presidential Priorities
Foreign Policyforeignpolicy.com/2026/03…By choosing escalation in Vietnam, Lyndon Johnson’s plan to fund both guns and butter unraveled
Foreign Policyforeignpolicy.com/2026/03…Trump Administration to Move Education HQ in Downsizing Push
Bloomberg Newsbloomberg.com/news/articles…The Education Department is abandoning its Lyndon B. Johnson building headquarters this August to make room for a new tenant: the Energy Department
Politicopolitico.com/news/2026…Furious Iranian influencers slam 'garbage' CNN reporter in Iran downplaying panic as 'shoot to kill' orders given
Daily Maildailymail.co.uk/news/article…During his Pentagon briefing on the war on Wednesday, Hegseth bashed “fake news” while addressing the six U.S. Army reservists killed in an Iranian attack on an operations center in Kuwait
The Independentindependent.co.uk/news/pete…US sinks over 30 Iranian ships in Operation Epic Fury and more top headlines
Fox Newsfoxnews.com/us/us…Israel has launched intense strikes against the southern suburbs of Beirut just hours after its military ordered the entire population of the area — more than 500,000 people — to evacuate immediately
Guardiantheguardian.com/us/news…Hegseth's comments are a reminder that government isn't always eager to show the human cost to war
The Independentindependent.co.uk/news/pete…Fox News’ Dana Perino is defending the “mainstream media” amid the Trump administration’s ongoing criticisms of its coverage of the war in Iran
HuffPosthuffpost.com/entry/fox…Explosive Cost Of Iran War: US Burning Rs 9,000 Per Day, Pentagon May Need More Funding
ABP Livenews.abplive.com/news/world…Three F-15E jets shot down by friendly fire in Kuwait are estimated to cost $100 million alone
Politicopolitico.com/news/2026…UK prepares for war lasting months
Politico Europepolitico.eu/podcast/politics…Harry Cockburn reports on how 80 years of the 'special relationship' has informed international conflict
The Independentindependent.co.uk/news/world…US Congress to debate Trump's war powers
The Manila Timesmanilatimes.net/2026/03…It is obviously “war” when two countries attack a third, kill its leader and try to destroy its military, as the US and Israel have done in Iran
CNNcnn.com/2026/03…Trump’s Midterm Threats Recall a Bleak Chapter in American History
Foreign Policyforeignpolicy.com/2026/02…Nineteen of them banded together to sue the administration last spring over Trump’s sweeping executive order targeting voting rules, most of which has since been blocked by courts
Politicopolitico.com/news/2026…The Civil Rights era is losing its grip on young Americans
Axiosaxios.com/2026/01…Militarized and masked federal police forces, abetted by a corrupted justice department, are expansive and employ far more deadly weapons against protesters today
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