• Reliable Allies Refuse to Defend a President Content With Chaos https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/21/us/politics/donald-trump-syria-government-shutdown.html#click=https://t.co/pilr1xkrpk 13 comments 22/12/2018 politics
• Czech president defends assertion that most Roma don't work https://www.reuters.com/article/us-czech-roma/czech-president-defends-assertion-that-most-roma-dont-work-iduskcn1mh0q5 9 comments 7/10/2018 worldnews
• Trump defends wild claims: 'I'm president, and you're not' http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/23/politics/trump-time-interview-wiretaps-falsehoods/index.html 39 comments 23/3/2017 politics
• How do you defend a president who deals ‘alternative facts?’ http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/how-do-you-defend-trump-s-alternative-facts-891586115559?cid=sm_npd_ms_tw_ma 6 comments 7/3/2017 politics
• Ukraine's President vows to defend territory 'no matter what' http://www.cnn.com/2014/06/07/world/europe/ukraine-president-inauguration/ 28 comments 7/6/2014 worldnews
• White House defends Trump's Dingell comments: 'The president is a counter-puncher' https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/475260-trump-spokesperson-defends-dingell-comments-the-president-is-a 70 comments 19/12/2019 politics
• 'We do not want war': Mexico president defends release of El Chapo’s son https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/18/el-chapo-son-ovidio-guzman-lopez-release-amlo 21 comments 18/10/2019 worldnews
• Devin Nunes has become Trump's self-assigned chief defender — serving the president, not the public https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/devin-nunes-has-become-trump-s-self-assigned-chief-defender-ncna905596 71 comments 7/9/2018 politics
• ‘The president hires all the best people’: Sarah Sanders bizarrely defends Trump’s attacks on his own staff https://www.newsgurdian.com/the-president-hires-all-the-best-people-sarah-sanders-bizarrely-defends-trumps-attacks-on-his-own-staff/ 30 comments 31/7/2017 politics
• Cyberbullying opponent Melania Trump defends president’s Brzezinski tweets https://www.yahoo.com/news/cyberbullying-advocate-melania-trump-defends-presidents-brzezinski-tweets-163041400.html 12 comments 29/6/2017 politics
• Trump travel ban: Mike Pence defends president http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38872177 5 comments 5/2/2017 politics
• The start of Trump's impeachment trial is in limbo due to the ex-president not having lawyers to defend him https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-has-no-lawyer-to-defend-him-in-impeachment-trial-2021-1 193 comments 21/1/2021 politics
• Trump impeachment defence: 5 key takeaways from memo defending the president https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-impeachment-trial-defence-memo-b1799462.html 5 comments 9/2/2021 politics
• 'I'll be right eventually': Donald Trump defends his handling of COVID-19 and the presidency https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/07/19/ill-right-eventually-donald-trump-defends-his-covid-19-response/5467596002/ 22 comments 19/7/2020 politics
• DeWine Defends Ohio's Vote-by-Mail Process After Attacks by President Trump https://radio.wosu.org/post/dewine-defends-ohios-vote-mail-process-after-attacks-president-trump#stream/0 25 comments 9/4/2020 politics
• Column: A question for defenders of President Donald Trump: What if President Barack Obama had done this? https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/clarence-page/ct-column-impeach-joe-biden-donald-trump-ukraine-hunter-page-20191001-euhk7p7thzfr5bcpffekhnuqpu-story.html 54 comments 2/10/2019 politics
• Rep. Ocasio-Cortez Defends Rep. Tlaib's Use of Profanity Against President Trump http://time.com/5494817/ocasio-cortez-defends-tlaib-profanity/ 17 comments 5/1/2019 politics
• Sarah Sanders defends President Trump's criticism of media outside White House https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/clintons-obama-suspicious-packages/h_21c90852bed4c4a4cc68ff3ab9c4b6a5 15 comments 25/10/2018 politics
• Vice President Pence Says He 'Knows the President's Heart' as He Defends Trump's 'Shithole Countries' Comment http://time.com/5112715/mike-pence-donald-trump-immigrants-israel/ 36 comments 28/1/2018 politics
• Finally, Congress' vice president reaches Uttarakhand. He gets VIP treatment in the state while Congress leaders continuously defend his visit. http://www.niticentral.com/2013/06/25/rahul-gandhi-gets-special-treatment-in-calamity-hit-uttarakhand-94895.html 5 comments 25/6/2013 india
• President jokes about serving third term, rambles ignorantly about wind power and defends baseless Epstein conspiracy theory https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-news-live-latest-today-epstein-conspiracy-wind-power-2020-election-a9056666.html 967 comments 14/8/2019 politics
• President Trump fires acting Attorney General Sally Yates after refusing to defend Trump Immigration Order. http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/acting-attorney-general-bars-justice-department-defending-immigration-order-n714451 5 comments 31/1/2017 politics
• Need more of India’s youth to work tirelessly in defending nation: President Mukherjee http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/need-more-of-india%E2%80%99s-youth-to-work-tirelessly-in-defending-nation-president-mukherjee/2016/09/10/article3617977.ece 14 comments 10/9/2016 india
• Cheney defends Iraq war - Continuing his book tour, former Vice President Dick Cheney defended the Iraq war today, and added that "I don't think that it damaged our reputation around the world." http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2011/08/cheney-defends-iraq-war/1 3 comments 30/8/2011 politics
• Trump’s Undemocratic Obsession With Sovereignty. The president claimed at the UN that defending a country’s sovereignty is the best way to defend its democracy. But his interpretation of sovereignty mostly aggrandizes himself. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/09/trumps-undemocratic-obsession-with-sovereignty/598822/ 4 comments 28/9/2019 politics
• German cartoonist, who was defended over free speech for drawing Turkish President, is now sacked after drawing Netanyahu https://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/german-cartoonist-sacked-after-netanyahu-drawing/1151404 3201 comments 20/5/2018 worldnews
• ‘A vital part of a functioning democracy’: Devin Scillian defends journalists after President Trump’s comments https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/national/2020/03/26/a-vital-part-of-a-functioning-democracy-devin-scillian-defends-journalists-after-president-trumps-comments/ 3 comments 27/3/2020 politics
• Rahul Gandhi was translating difficult Hindi words: Congress defends phone fiddling during President's speech https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/was-translating-difficult-hindi-words-congress-defends-rahul-s-phone-fiddling-during-president-s-speech-1552995-2019-06-20 3 comments 20/6/2019 india
• Trump as Nero: Europe Must Defend Itself Against A Dangerous President - SPIEGEL ONLINE - International http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/a-1133177.html 11 comments 5/2/2017 europe
• President Barack Obama has defended his plans for health reform in a news conference broadcast live in the US. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8164177.stm 11 comments 23/7/2009 worldnews
• UT Austin President Jay Hartzell defends faculty tenure after Lt. Gov. Patrick proposes to end it at all public universities https://www.texastribune.org/2022/02/21/ut-austin-hartzell-tenure/ 43 comments 21/2/2022 moderatepolitics
• America's pro-Nazi president defends Charlottesville rampage: Trump’s press conference tirade on Tuesday was part of a calculated attempt to develop a fascistic mass movement in the United States. http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2017/08/16/trum-a16.html 7 comments 16/8/2017 politics
• Victor Ibarbo was racially abused at Lazio - Cagliari game earlier today, Claudio Lotito (Lazio's president), choses to defend his team fans. http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2013/jan/06/lazio-president-denies-racist-cagliari 21 comments 6/1/2013 soccer
• Trump's former chief of staff John Kelly defends James Mattis: “The president did not fire him. The president has clearly forgotten how it actually happened or is confused." https://www.axios.com/james-mattis-trump-john-kelly-1789b48a-0e07-4d47-8b47-480f296dd48d.html 187 comments 4/6/2020 politics
• Reagan Slams Border Fence, Bush Defends Undocumented ‘Good People’ In 1980 Debate | Old footage of the two future presidents offers a stark contrast to the GOP of today. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/reagan-bush-immigration-debate_n_5ce4c8d4e4b0d513447c51e7 98 comments 22/5/2019 politics
• Juncker: EU needs stronger defence arm - EU nations must step up their military co-operation as they cannot simply rely on theUS to defend them, EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker says. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-40217085 4 comments 9/6/2017 worldnews
• Ayatollah Rafsanjani (Former President and mentor to President Rouhani) slams Ahmadinejad Holocaust Rhetoric: "It is not reasonable in order to defend the Palestinians, to justify Hitler's oppression" http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=fa&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=utf-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mehrnews.com%2Fdetail%2Fnews%2F2184378&act=url 21 comments 28/11/2013 worldnews
• President Barack Obama on Friday staunchly defended the sweeping U.S. government surveillance of Americans' phone and internet activity, calling it a "modest encroachment" on privacy that was necessary to defend the United States from attack. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/08/us-usa-security-records-idusbre9560va20130608 302 comments 8/6/2013 politics
• ElBaradi Urges Obama Not To Be Dictator Mubarak's Last Defender - "It is better for President Obama not to appear that he is the last one to say to President Mubarak, 'It's time for you to go,'" he told CNN. http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/01/201113020265198814.html 6 comments 30/1/2011 politics
• Siegelman deserves new trial because of federal judge who presided over the 2006 corruption trial of the state's former governor holds a grudge against the defendant for helping to expose the judge's own alleged corruption six years ago http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andrew-kreig/siegelman-deserves-new-tr_b_201455.html 3 comments 18/5/2009 politics