The British set the standard for state visits — and shrewd diplomacy

The state visit of President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump to Britain has undeniably been a success. The U.S.
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A Republic, If You Can Keep It

A Republic, If You Can Keep It On the final day of the Constitutional Convention held in Philadelphia in 1787, 55 delegates across 12 states gathered to establish a new framework for the United States ...
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This Day in History: October 3, 1863 President Lincoln Proclaims Official Thanksgiving Holiday

On October 3, 1863, expressing gratitude for a pivotal Union Army victory at Gettysburg, President Abraham Lincoln announces that the nation will celebrate an official Thanksgiving holiday on November ...

Political Violence. Threats to Free Speech. A Disinformation Crisis. We’ve Been Here Before.

The fiery intellectual W.E.B. Du Bois and the young columnist Walter Lippmann were among the first to grasp a core feature of ...

Hundreds of celebrities relaunch a McCarthy-era committee to defend free speech

The Committee for the First Amendment first launched in the 1940s, when the House Un-American Activities Committee accused ...

Jane Fonda revives Cold War-era activist group to defend free speech

NEW YORK (AP) — Drawing upon her personal and political past, Jane Fonda has revived an activist group from the Cold War era ...
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Hegseth Summoned Military Leaders to Say “FAFO” in Disturbing Speech

Delivering a slurred speech beside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House Monday, the U.S. president ...
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What is the status of the Trump administration’s tariffs?

President Donald Trump has repeatedly proposed — and reneged on — plans to impose tariffs on other countries, giving whiplash to both consumers and the stock market. Tariffs are a tax that U.S.