List of United States articles
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The book covers for Jenna Smialek's Limitless: The Federal Reserve Takes on a New Age of Crisis and Nick Timiraos' Trillion Dollar Triage: How Jay Powell and the Fed Battled a President and a Pandemic—and Prevented Economic Disaster. How the Fed Became Everything (and Everything Became the Fed)
Two books peel back the curtain on the central bank—but miss why it misread the economy in the wake of the pandemic.
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A Chinese flag flies outside a compound in Beijing to illustrate a story about how tensions between the U.S. and China threaten the global economy. Adam Tooze: When National Security Trumps All
How the reordering of U.S. state concerns could threaten the world economy as we know it.
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U.S. President Joe Biden signs the Inflation Reduction Act as Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer and House Majority Whip James Clyburn look on, in the White House in Washington on Aug. 16, 2022. Biden Is Rewriting the Rules on Trade—and Americans Should Be Worried
The administration is doing a sneaky end run around the Inflation Reduction Act.
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U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan speaks and gestures during the daily press briefing at the White House. Washington Doesn’t Want You to Call It Decoupling
The United States hopes to redefine its economic relationship with China to prevail in the biggest strategic showdown of the century.
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U.S. National Guard members keep guard near the Capitol Building in Washington, on Jan. 19, 2021. The National Guard Does Top-Secret Things—and Far Too Many Other Things
The latest classified document leak highlights the overuse of military reserves.
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US Climate Envoy John Kerry speaks during CERAWeek, an international energy conference, in Houston, Texas, on March 6, 2023. John Kerry: ‘The IRA Is Working on Overdrive’
The U.S. special envoy for climate responds to critics of the Inflation Reduction Act.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) and Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva shake hands in Beijing. A BRICS Currency Could Shake the Dollar’s Dominance
De-dollarization’s moment might finally be here.
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Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen delivers remarks at Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) on April 20, 2023 in Washington. America Has Dictated Its Economic Peace Terms to China
By refusing negotiation over China’s rise, the United States might be making conflict inevitable.
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Welcoming the Newcomers (2019), a painting by Cree artist Kent Monkman that reimagines European colonizers' arrival in America and references both Indigenous and European art traditions. Who Can Tell Native Stories?
A new book on Natives journeying across the Atlantic reaches the outer limits of what European-style academic research can accomplish.
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This photo illustration created on April 13 shows the suspect in recent U.S. military intelligence leaks, National Guard member Jack Teixeira, shown in uniform while taking a selfie that is reflected in an image of the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. The Discord Leaker Was a Narcissist, Not an Ideologue
Comparisons between Jack Teixeira and self-declared whistleblowers are misplaced.
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Protesters hold up signs representing Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Joe Biden during the United Nations Biodiversity Conference (COP15) in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. A Partnership to Save the Planet
Cooperating on climate change could be the strategic guardrail the United States and China need to stabilize relations.
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A Chinese honor guard arrives at the welcoming ceremony for French President Emmanuel Macron in Beijing. U.S. Right-Wingers Keep Confusing Culture War With Actual War
Russian and Chinese videos about their so-called manly forces are silly propaganda.
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Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to guests at a 2023 forum in Indianapolis, Indiana. Calling Trump an Anti-Imperialist Is Nonsense
The anti-war left shouldn’t fall for this dishonest pitch.
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Colin Kahl, the U.S. undersecretary of defense for policy, testifies during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing in Washington. Colin Kahl: ‘We’re All In’ on Supporting Ukraine
The Pentagon’s top policymaker on Kyiv’s forthcoming spring offensive, the impact of recent leaks, and the long-term challenge of China.
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Then- U.S. President Ronald Reagan speaks with Secretary of State George Shultz in the White House's Oval Office How George Shultz Helped End the Cold War
The official biography of Ronald Reagan’s secretary of state reveals startling lessons for U.S. engagement today.
