Here are the main US interventions in Latin America since the Cold War. On June 27, 1954, Colonel Jacobo Arbenz Guzman, ...

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“I do not accept second place for the United States of America.” That simple statement, delivered to rousing effect by Barack Obama in his first State of the Union, in January 2010, managed to ...

To be born into a country is to inherit a narrative, a story that tells us who we are, where we’ve been and where we’re going. This is often delivered to us by a history textbook in school. Given the ...

This winter’s Beijing Games marks the second time that the Chinese city has hosted the Olympics. They will also be the first city to have hosted both the Summer (2008) and Winter Olympics. Paris is ...

This article was updated on Feb. 6 at 2:04 p.m. Shortly after being sworn into office on Jan. 20 for a second term, President Donald Trump issued an executive order ending birthright citizenship – the ...

Poll taxes continued into the 20th century. Voter suppression has been a part of the United States political scene since the nation's inception. From Jim Crow laws to the gutting of the Voting Rights ...

With the Olympic cauldron set to light in Paris, it won't be long before the Games make a return to the United States. The U.S. has plenty of hosting experience under its belt. Not only will it add ...

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Section 1. Background. On July 22, 2025, I announced a framework agreement between the United States and Japan (Agreement), which lays the foundation for a new era of United States-Japan trade ...