SS United States starts last voyage to its final destination – at the bottom of the Gulf
The SS United States, the fastest ocean liner to cross the Atlantic, will meet its final resting place in the Gulf off the ...
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U.S. Aircraft Carrier Collision: What We Know
The United States Navy is investigating the collision of its nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman, with a Panamanian-flagged merchant ship in the Mediterranean Sea near the entrance of ...
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President Airborne: From Sacred Cow to Air Force One
On January 11, 1943, Franklin D. Roosevelt became the first sitting president to travel on official business by airplane. He flew to a WWII strategy meeting with Winston Churchill at Casablanca in ...
How Everglades National Park came to preserve the great 'River of Grass'
A Florida governor in the early 1900s saw potential for the Everglades land but only if it was drained of its water.
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Far From Benign: The US Aid Industrial Complex
The US aid program began in earnest in the early stages of the Cold War, with an intention to beat off the contenders from the Soviet bloc in the ...
16 presidents who grew up in surprisingly humble homes
While the Kennedys and Trumps of the world were born to wealthy families with large estates, other presidents had far more ...
5 Presidential Suites With Fascinating Histories At U.S. Hotels
From luxury stays in Colorado to Washington, D.C., learn the lore and history of five hotels with presidential suites ...
When Politicians Exit Stage Right, What’s Left for Their Impersonators?
Comedians who lampooned Kamala Harris and Joseph R. Biden Jr. are finding that their fortunes rise and fall based on the ...
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How Everglades National Park came to preserve the great 'River of Grass'
Harry S. Truman on Dec. 6, 1947 ... what would become known as the "River of Grass" was seen in the early 1900s as "wasteland," according to the Florida State Archives. Stoneman Douglas was ...
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With the move to freeze foreign aid, the international development sector stands at a crossroads, HKS experts say
The Trump administration’s move to freeze U.S. foreign aid and development work is a seismic event. International development ...
Trump Suggests No Laws Are Broken if He’s ‘Saving His Country’
President Trump shared a quotation on social media, making it clear it was one he wanted people to absorb: “He who saves his ...
Opinion: Black history and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a complex man and an incredible leader, and it is important and instructive to reflect on his ...