Jon Meacham
Editorial Roundup: U.S.

By The Associated Press Jun. 09, 2021 01:26 PM EDT
Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: June 8 The Montreal Gazette on anti-Muslim hatred in...

Editorial Roundup: New York

By The Associated Press Jan. 20, 2021 05:45 PM EST
Recent editorials of statewide and national interest from New York’s newspapers: Biden’s Stimulus Plan Will Bring Relief, but There’s One...

FILE - Oprah Winfrey arrives for the presentation of Stella McCartney's ready-to-wear Fall-Winter 2019-2020 fashion collection in Paris on March 4, 2019. Winfrey is setting aside her usual book club recommendations and instead citing seven personal favorites ranging from James Baldwin’s landmark essays in “The Fire Next Time” to Mary Oliver’s poetry collection “Devotions.” She is calling her choices “The Books That See Me Through,” works she values for “their ability to comfort, inspire, and enlighten” her. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)
`The books that help her through': Winfrey suggests seven

By Hillel Italie Oct. 26, 2020 08:45 AM EDT

Members of the Shanksville Volunteer Fire Department present a flag to Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden and his wife Jill Biden during a visit in Shanksville, Pa., Friday, Sept. 11, 2020. The Bidens stopped by after visiting the nearby Flight 93 National Memorial to commemorate the 19th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
AP FACT CHECK: Trump vs. Trump on virus; Biden missteps

By Hope Yen And Calvin Woodward Sep. 12, 2020 08:28 AM EDT

FILE - In this March 11, 2020, file photo President Donald Trump addresses the nation from the Oval Office at the White House in Washington. For only the second time as president, Trump addressed the nation in a formal Oval Office speech on March 11. The U.S., he told Americans, would “expeditiously defeat this virus. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)
The bully pulpit: Trump pushes Washington, but virus resists

By Jonathan Lemire And Aamer Madhani Aug. 22, 2020 10:40 AM EDT

Supporters watch Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speak, during the final day of the Democratic National Convention, Thursday, Aug. 20, 2020, on a screen at a drive-in theater watch party during the final night of the Democratic National Convention, Thursday, Aug. 20, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez)
Takeaways from the final night of the Democratic convention

By Bill Barrow And Nicholas Riccardi Aug. 21, 2020 01:46 AM EDT

Tracy Holden of Wilmington, Del., during the Pledge of Allegiance, outside the venue where Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden will speak later tonight, during the final day of the Democratic National Convention, Thursday, Aug. 20, 2020, at the Chase Center in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Takeaways from the final night of the Democratic convention

By Bill Barrow And Nicholas Riccardi Aug. 20, 2020 10:01 PM EDT

President Donald Trump walks on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, July 15, 2020, after stepping off Marine One. Trump is returning from Atlanta. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Four more years? Trump struggles to outline second term plan

By Jonathan Lemire Jul. 16, 2020 12:32 AM EDT

Editorial Roundup: South Carolina

By The Associated Press Jul. 15, 2020 03:20 PM EDT
Recent editorials from South Carolina newspapers: ___ July 14 The State on the resistance to...

President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, and Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly, in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Wednesday, May 20, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Trump tests whether incumbent leader can tap outsider anger

By Jonathan Lemire And Zeke Miller May. 21, 2020 12:45 AM EDT

In this April 7, 2020, photo, President Donald Trump calls on a reporter for a question as he speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington. First, it was the media that was at fault. Then, Democratic governors came under fire. China, President Barack Obama and federal watchdogs have all had a turn in the crosshairs. And now it’s the World Health Organization that's to blame. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
As pandemic deepens, Trump cycles through targets to blame

By Jonathan Lemire Apr. 09, 2020 12:22 AM EDT