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Alberta separatists gather at the Alberta legislature in Edmonton on Aug. 29, 2026, for a protest organized by the Alberta Prosperity Project. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Amanda Erickson

51st state of mind: As Alberta votes on independence, will Trump back separation?

Trump has yet to openly declare his support of a united Canada in the run-up to the Alberta referendum, but some around him have spoken positively about the prospect of an independent Alberta
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, center, acting Commander of U.S. Cyber Command William Hartman and CIA Director John Ratcliffe, right, stand before the Senate Committee on Intelligence on Capitol Hill on March 18, 2026. AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana

How the National Security Council typically functions to plan and fully assess risks when presidents consider going to war

The national intelligence community has seemingly been sidelined from Trump’s Iran war decisions – a far cry from previous administrations, writes a former National Security Council member.
Who will be in the majority in Congress after the midterm elections? Douglas Rissing/iStock/Getty Images Plus

For 80 years, the president’s party has almost always lost House seats in midterm elections, a pattern that makes the 2026 congressional outlook clear

As the 2026 midterm elections edge closer, most people know the party that controls the White House is likely to lose seats in Congress. They usually do not know just how entrenched that pattern is.
Will settlements by news companies with President Donald Trump turn journalists into puppets? MARHARYTA MARKO/iStock Getty Images Plus

ABC’s and CBS’s settlements with Trump are a dangerous step toward the commander in chief becoming the editor‑in‑chief

Will costly settlements over news stories the president sued about influence network journalists when deciding whether to pursue investigative stories involving the Trump administration?
While most former presidents do not speak out about their successors after they leave the White House, Donald Trump is not the first president to criticize his former political opponents while in office. Trigger Photo/Getty Images Plus

Trump speaking poorly of other presidents is uncommon, but not unheard of, in American presidential history

Americans often expect former presidents to not talk about current ones. But it’s not really a surprise that several are criticizing Donald Trump.
U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt, center, introduces Russian and Japanese delegates during negotiations at the Portsmouth Peace Conference in Kittery, Maine, in August 1905. Hulton Archive/Getty Images

When presidents try to make peace: What Trump could learn from Teddy Roosevelt, Carter, Clinton and his own first term

Donald Trump isn’t the first US president to try to negotiate a peace deal. But he appears to be doing it differently than others.
A U.S. flag and an Education Department flag fly outside the U.S. Department of Education building on Feb. 4, 2025, in Washington, D.C. Alex Wong/Getty Images

Helping teachers learn what works in the classroom − and what doesn’t − will get a lot harder without the Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences

The nonpartisan arm of the Education Department supports research and shares data on student progress. It identifies what works and what doesn’t.
George Washington, depicted crossing the Delaware River in 1776 in this painting by Emmanuel Leutze, was victorious not only against the British Army, but also against his despair. (Metropolitan Museum of Art)

‘Wearied’ almost to death: U.S. presidents have often experienced despair amid political turmoil

For more than two centuries, U.S. presidential politics and presidential lives have found various pathways through and beyond despair, affecting Americans of all political stripes.
Jimmy Carter in a Georgia state church in November 2016. Nagel Photography/Shutterstock

Jimmy Carter: president, pastor and prophet

An unpopular president, then a respected philanthropist and peacemaker, Jimmy Carter will be remembered as a pious man whose actions were always rooted in his religious faith.
Former U.S. president Jimmy Carter, seen here at an annual Carter Town Hall at Emory University in Atlanta, Ga. in September 2019, chose to spend his final years at home with hospice care. (AP Photo/John Amis, File)

Hope does not end: Jimmy Carter’s death at 100, his hospice care choice, and what Canada’s health system can learn from it

The values that Jimmy Carter embodied in his international career are reflected in his end-of-life decisions. These offer lessons for all Canadians.

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