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ABC News: Trump's record number of executive orders are testing the limits of presidential power - Sharece Thrower, quoted (February 6, 2025)
Der Spiegel: "Trump may be gone in four years. The 'MAGA' movement will remain" - Nicole Hemmer, quoted (January 22, 2025)
CBS News: Historians discuss Trump's return and the future of politics - Nicole Hemmer, interviewed (January 20, 2025)
The Washington Post: Trump pardons almost all involved in Jan. 6 riot, commutes remaining 14 sentences - Nicole Hemmer, quoted (January 20, 2025)
HuffPost: Donald Trump’s disaster-hijacking playbook exposed by expert on right-wing media - Nicole Hemmer, quoted (January 10, 2025)
The Washington Post: The fate of nearly 1,600 Jan. 6 defendants depends on Donald Trump - Nicole Hemmer, quoted (January 7, 2025)
MSNBC: Democracy has prevailed’: Historian breaks down significance of Harris certifying election - Jon Meacham, interviewed (January 6, 2025)
The Washington Post: Progressives should defend Biden’s legacy to protect their future - Nicole Hemmer, quoted (December 15, 2024)
NPR: What's behind defense secretary pick Hegseth's war on 'woke' - Nicole Hemmer, interviewed (November 15, 2024)
The New York Times: Newsom? Whitmer? Shapiro? 2024 could Kill their 2028 dreams - Nicole Hemmer, quoted (November 15, 2024)
The Skimm: What is project 2025? A political historian answers your top questions - Nicole Hemmer, quoted (July 24, 2024)
The New York Times: What Trump looks like to historians - Nicole Hemmer, quoted (May 22, 2024)
CNN: Opinion: Restoring Confederate names on schools is a lesson in why symbols matter - Nicole Hemmer, authored (May 14, 2024)
The New York Times: Tucker Carlson’s Lesson in the Perils of Giving Airtime to an Autocrat - Nicole Hemmer, quoted (February 16, 2024)
The Tennessean: ‘Defeat Donald Trump’: Former U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney on the future of the Republican Party (February 7, 2024)
CNN: Opinion: Supreme Court could hold fate of US democracy in its hands - Nicole Hemmer, authored (December 19, 2023)
PBS: Political experts examine America's divisions heading into 2024 election - Nicole Hemmer, interviewed (December 18, 2023)
CNN: Why student protests against Israel are so painful, polarizing and complicated - Nicole Hemmer, authored (October 18, 2023)
The New York Times: Newt Gingrich called them ‘Cannibals.’ Now they decide who gets to be Speaker of the House - Nicole Hemmer, authored (October 12, 2023)
CNN: Why Megyn Kelly is really crowing over US women’s soccer loss - Nicole Hemmer, authored (August 8, 2023)
CNN: Call Alabama's defiance what it really is - Nicole Hemmer, authored. (July 27, 2023)
CNN: What history reveals about the biggest new power player in US politics - Nicole Hemmer, authored (July 7, 2023)
BBC: After $787.5m Dominion settlement, what's next for Fox? - Nicole Hemmer, quoted (April 20, 2023)
The Ezra Klein Show: How right-wing media ate the Republican party - Nicole Hemmer, interviewed (January 20, 2023)