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Pentagon officials threatened to court martial Democratic senator and cut his retirement rank and pay

Benjamin Netanyahu said the United States would not exist without Jews while defending the war against Hamas and calling them 'barbarians'.

Foreign policy is usually discussed as a matter of national interests – oil flows, borders, treaties, fleets. But there is a problem: “national interest” is an inherently ambiguous phrase. Although it is often presented as an expression of sheer force, its effectiveness ultimately rests on something softer – the manner…

The U.S. Capitol’s Statuary Hall Collection contains 100 sculptures: two luminaries from each state. They include many familiar figures, such as Helen Keller, Johnny Cash, Ronald Reagan and Amelia Earhart. There are a few from the Colonial era, including founders such as Samuel Adams and George Washington.

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Last week’s events in Caracas come in a long line of American interventions. The White House has awesome power and is never shy of using it, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

Using the presidency as a branding opportunity, Trump is slapping his name on buildings, monuments and projects

America was not founded to be a theocracy and it should not strive to become one.

What has Donald Trump given us in his second term? We look at some of the numbers

The decline of this major conservative institution has been a wakeup call for conservative intellectuals. But will they draw the right lessons from it?

Barbara Rose Johns, who led a student strike at 16 that challenged school segregation, is honoured with a statue in the US Capitol building history.