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When Abraham Lincoln was preparing his speech for his second inaugural in 1865, historians think he cut the sentences and ...

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WASHINGTON — Donald Trump has promised sweeping actions in his second administration. The president-elect has outlined a wide ...

George Washington is the only president of the United States whose inauguration took place in New York City, then the ...

While the Constitution does not specify who must administer oaths, Chief Justice John Roberts is expected to swear in Donald ...

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s social justice movement was facing overwhelming obstacles, including a White backlash to Black ...

The question Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. posed decades ago still resonates in 2025. Here is an edited excerpt of the annual ...

Indiana legislators would like to redraw the Indiana-Illinois border to absorb parts of Illinois, but the proposed action ...