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The US Navy found E. coli in aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln's drinking water after another carrier discovered jet fuel in its water supply
Just days before the bacteria was discovered, the Navy acknowledged it found jet fuel in the potabl…
Jake Epstein
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House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy has spent more than 3 hours delivering a rambling, erratic speech referencing Elon Musk, Abraham Lincoln, China, and Afghanistan in bid to delay passage of Biden spending bill
"I can't even afford to test drive a Tesla, and Elon is one of my best friends," McCarthy said duri…
Jake Lahut,Joseph Zeballos-Ro…
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Republican congressman rips Texas GOP for suggesting secession and says 'my guy Abraham Lincoln and the Union soldiers already told you no'
Kinzinger said the Texas GOP chairman should be fired for suggesting some states should "form a Uni…
Kelsey Vlamis
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Josh Hawley tweeted out a misattributed quote from a segregationist newspaper on the Fourth of July
Hawley attributed the quote to Patrick Henry, one of America's Founding Fathers. It actually came f…
Bryan Metzger
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America's obsession with secret societies is a mainstay of our democracy and it resurfaces whenever there's a renewed push for civil rights, the author of a new book says
Colin Dickey, author of "Under the Eye of Power," told Insider that belief in secret societies incr…
Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert
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A Virginia bill to regulate what students can learn about history includes a historical error about Abraham Lincoln
The Republican lawmaker who submitted the bill said the blunder was included due to a mistake by a …
Natalie Musumeci
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Trump's die-hard fans handed him another $6.6 million after he was indicted a second time, according to his campaign
Trump's campaign said it received $4.5 million in online donations in "a few short days," and anoth…
Matthew Loh
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Boston is taking down a statue of Abraham Lincoln standing over a freed Black man
The Boston Art Commission voted unanimously to remove "Freedman's Memorial" from the city's Park Sq…
Kelly McLaughlin
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The best memes from the final presidential debate of 2020, from 'Abraham Lincoln' to 'malarkey'
Memes from the event spun off of Biden saying "malarkey," calling Donald Trump "Abraham Lincoln," a…
Palmer Haasch
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If Trump's mugshot is made public it would cement him as an 'outlaw' and could make him a folk hero like Al Capone, presidential historian says
Alan Dershowitz, who served on Trump's legal team during his first impeachment, suggested the ex-pr…
John Haltiwanger
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Donald Trump proposes 10 new 'Freedom Cities' featuring futuristic flying cars in a new campaign video
The Republican presidential candidate laid out futuristic proposals on Friday, calling for a 'quant…
Isobel van Hagen
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Bono says he passed out in the Lincoln Bedroom at the White House after having a drink with President Obama
Bono said in his new book that Obama found him fast asleep in the Lincoln Bedroom after he disappea…
Rebecca Cohen
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George Santos' elaborate lies have seen the congressman compared to a 19th-century huckster. History bears that out.
Dressing well, overstating your résumé, getting the local politicians on your side, and reaching he…
Allegra Rosenberg
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A Google executive's passion for collecting locks of presidential hair
Interest in the presidential hair market surged during the COVID-19 pandemic, as buyers, cooped up …
Heather Hauswirth,Aaron Short
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DeSantis casts himself as a national leader at his inauguration amid 2024 speculation, promising Florida will 'carry the torch' of freedom and fight 'woke'
Speculation looms over whether DeSantis will announce a run for the White House this year. He cast …
Kimberly Leonard
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Trump joked about former President Abraham Lincoln during his rally, the same night Mattis praised Lincoln's patriotism in s speech
"Lincoln went on, it was not the foreign aggressor we must fear; it was corrosion from within. The …
Lauren Frias
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Meet the 'Backbone of the Navy': The sailors who keep things running aboard the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln
Yes, preservation is one aspect of the job; but BM's take part in many important evolutions, such a…
Petty Officer 3rd Class Tyler…
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The US is at a 'greater risk' of civil conflict now than during the Great Depression, according to a presidential historian
"Tragically, I think we will see more of civil chaos," presidential biographer Jon Meacham told NPR…
Lauren Frias
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Biden's marijuana order is big, but far from the largest mass pardon in history
Biden's marijuana pardon impacts thousands of people, but when Jimmy Carter pardoned Vietnam Draft …