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Moderate Democratic Rep. Abigail Spanberger says Americans didn't elect Biden to be FDR
On Saturday, President Biden was asked about Spanberger's comments, which elicited a smile from the…
John L. Dorman
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The US Navy's unluckiest ship almost killed a president, and things only got worse from there
Known to its crew as "Willie Dee," the destroyer was, with little doubt, the unluckiest ship in US …
Benjamin Brimelow
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A painting by Winston Churchill left in a closet for 15 years was just sold by Angelina Jolie for $11.5m record
UK PM painted the Moroccan scene for President Roosevelt in 1943. Brad Pitt bought it for $2.95m in…
Naina Bhardwaj
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Jimmy Kimmel Pranks Pedestrians By Convincing Them Franklin D. Roosevelt Died Monday
"There are a lot of presidents who we don't know much about so we sent a camera crew out to Hollywo…
Aly Weisman
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Forget free cash, there's an even more American way to help people get ahead
Basic income programs continue to ripple across the US. But some experts say there's a policy that'…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Marjorie Taylor Greene slammed Biden for wanting to complete the work of Lyndon Johnson and FDR. Now he's using her speech in an official ad.
She compared Biden's agenda to that of former President Lyndon B. Johnson and President Franklin De…
Madison Hall
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For 144 years, Black Americans were banned from joining the Marines. But when the US needed support, 20,000 Black recruits stepped up to serve.
Montford Point, North Carolina became the first training center for Black Marines preparing for dep…
Isaiah Reynolds
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Biden will join striking auto workers on the picket line in Detroit — the first time a sitting US president has done so
President Joe Biden will travel to Detroit to picket with United Auto Workers. Though union leaders…
Associated Press
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New York City Mayor Eric Adams compares himself to FDR during the Great Depression
"FDR, like ELA, understood that people needed an honest reckoning of the problems and bold plans to…
Jake Lahut
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At least 122,000 Japanese Americans were locked up in internment camps after Pearl Harbor. More than 80 years later, its legacy lingers.
The forced internment of Japanese Americans was fueled not only by fears about espionage, but also …
Yoonji Han
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Kevin McCarthy said in an hours-long floor speech that no one elected Biden to be FDR, prompting AOC to shout 'I did!'
Rep. Kevin McCarthy went on for almost three hours ahead of the House vote on the Democrats' social…
Kelsey Vlamis
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It's time for the US to let renters unionize like FDR did for workers 87 years ago, a public policy professor says
San Francisco recently passed the country's first "right to organize" ordinance for renters, which …
Jason Lalljee
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Photos show how Biden replaced Trump's Oval Office decorations with symbols of American icons
Gone is the portrait of former President Andrew Jackson that Trump admired, replaced by a portrait …
Erin Snodgrass
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Trump compared himself to Churchill and FDR as he defended lying to the American people about the dangers of the coronavirus
Critics noted that while the wartime leaders were bluntly honest about the dangers faced, President…
Tom Porter
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Trump is holding a funeral for his brother Robert at the White House, doing something that hasn't been done since 1936
The last time the deceased body of a private citizen was brought to the White House was in 1936.
John Haltiwanger
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Housing segregation is still happening decades after redlining was ruled illegal, Biden's CFPB says
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau found evidence of redlining, along with "racist and deroga…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Trump suggests he would 'negotiate' a 3rd term as president because he is 'probably entitled' to it
During a campaign event in Nevada on Saturday, President Donald Trump once again floated the idea h…
Connor Perrett
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Inside the heavily-armored presidential train, which leaders from FDR to Reagan used to criss-cross the country, campaigning in style and luxury
Though presidents had travelled the country by rail since the 19th century, it wasn't until 1942 th…
Tom Porter,Tom Porter
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US Presidents have thrown out the first pitch for MLB's opening day for over 100 years - here's the history from Taft to Obama
Many former US presidents, regardless of their political affiliation, have shared a lifelong passio…
Grace Panetta
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How FDR kept his partial paralysis a secret from the American public - even while he was on the campaign trail
"Roosevelt was able to stabilize himself in a standing position at a podium only by firmly gripping…