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We used to agree on Earth Day. Political division has changed the environmental priorities
The Trump administration is rolling back landmark environmental legislation that dates back to the Nixon era, including key ...
'Began a revolution': Lexington, Concord mark 250 years since 'shot heard round the world'
Reenactors showed thousands of people the story start of the American Revolutionary War and the "shot heard round the world" on its 250th anniversary.
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250 years after America went to war for independence, a divided nation battles over its legacy
Starting with Saturday’s anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord, the country will look back to its Revolutionary ...
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250 years after the start of the Revolutionary War, a divided America battles over its legacy
Thousands of people came to Lexington, Massachusetts, just before dawn on Saturday to witness a reenactment of how the ...
Strange sell-off in the dollar raises the specter of investors losing trust in the US under Trump
Currencies rise and fall all the time because of inflation fears, central bank moves and other factors. But economists worry ...
Trump suggests he can remove Fed Chair Powell, saying he’s ‘not happy’ with him over interest rates
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump attacked Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Thursday for not cutting interest ...
Patriots’ Day: How far-right groups hijack history and patriotic symbols to advance their cause, according to an expert on extremism
On Patriots’ Day, far-right groups may use historical events and patriotic symbols to claim they are engaging in a ...
With El Salvador, Trump has become exactly the tyrant the founders warned about | Opinion
The legal fig leaf Trump used to deport Kilmar Ábrego García to a brutal Salvadoran prison is a law from 1798 called the ...
Harvard’s challenge to Trump administration could test limits of government power
On one side is Harvard, the nation’s oldest and wealthiest university, with a brand so powerful that its name is synonymous with prestige.
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Europe seeks to break its US tech addiction
With President Donald Trump more unpredictable than ever and transatlantic ties reaching new lows, calls are growing louder for Europe to declare independence from US tech.