Trump’s lies tested limits of the bully pulpit. His right to say them is at core of criminal defense
Trump is arguing that his words as president carried no special force and he was simply exercising his free speech rights
Biden will use Camp David backdrop hoping to broker a breakthrough in Japan-South Korea relations
It will be the first time that Biden has hosted world leaders at the secluded retreat nestled in Maryland’s Catoctin Mountains
Samantha Smith: the schoolgirl who became “America’s Youngest Peace Ambassador”
Samantha Smith, at just 10 years old, wrote a letter to Soviet leader Yuri Andropov, seeking to comprehend the tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union. Her courageous act catapulted her into the role of a “champion of peace”
Glory and tragedy of Arnold Schwarzenegger, the abused child who triumphed in film, politics and now television
One of the greatest actors of the eighties and nineties debuts on the small screen this Friday with ‘FUBAR,’ followed by a three-episode documentary on his life
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Immigration rules in the United States: Examining a ‘broken system’
The latest crisis on the Mexican border has shone light on a problem that dates back decades. Judges are overwhelmed and Congress, more polarized than ever, is incapable of providing solutions
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What was Frank Sinatra’s relationship with the Mafia?
Perhaps counterintuitively, ‘Ol’ Blue Eyes’ had friendships with some of the most well known mobsters of his time, but he also rubbed elbows with several Presidents of the United States
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Political prisoners share how Jimmy Carter saved their lives
Carter has said his faith compelled him to restore moral principles after a long history of U.S. support for brutal crackdowns on popular movements
Joe Biden says Jimmy Carter has asked him to deliver his eulogy
Carter, who at 98 is the longest-lived US president, announced last month that he would spend his remaining days at home receiving end-of-life care
Former US Representative Pat Schroeder, pioneer for women’s rights, dies
Schroeder was the first woman elected to Congress from Colorado, and she went on to serve 12 terms
Barbara Bryant, first woman to lead Census Bureau, has died
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President George H.W. Bush appointed Bryant as Census Bureau director in 1989
Biden reelection bid faces resistance from some Democrats
Just 37% of Democrats nationwide want the president to seek a second term, down from 52% in the weeks before last year’s midterm elections
Appreciating Jimmy Carter, outspoken but ‘never irrelevant’
The man who conceded that some considered him “a failed president” made himself the most active and internationally engaged of ex-presidents
Fond remembrances for Jimmy Carter after entering hospice
The former president has ‘decided to spend his remaining time at home with his family and receive hospice care instead of additional medical intervention’
Chief of staff exerts quiet power at center of White House
Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, said the White House chief of staff is a kind of a “chief operating officer of the country”
Former US leaders asked to recheck for classified docs
The Archives sent the letter to representatives of former presidents Trump, Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George H.W. Bush and Ronald Reagan
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Pelé, the king of soccer, dies at 82
The Brazilian footballer passed away from colon cancer at the Albert Einstein Hospital in São Paulo
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Journalist Matthew Continetti: ‘We are still living in the Trump era, even though he’s not president’
The writer, author of an intellectual history of the American right, does not think that the United States is on the brink of civil war
Anthony Fauci, coronavirus pandemic hero and Republican foe
The esteemed epidemiologist, who has served under seven US presidents, is stepping down from his post to cheers from the scientific community and jeers from right-wing politicians
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