Why America’s first Department of Education didn’t last
The brief experiment with a department of education was born in 1867 and enacted by Southern Democrat President Andrew ...
Court Reaffirms First Amendment Right to Quote Epithets in University Class Discussions
From Friday's decision by Judge Michael Watson (S.D. Ohio) in Sullivan v. Ohio State Univ.: American public universities have traditionally "prided ...
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New Book About Longtime Shluchim in Philadelphia
A new biography tells the story of Rabbi Zalman and Faige Lipsker, longtime Shluchim in Philadelphia, who spent 60 years ...
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Trump's likely first moves on US energy policy
Trump withdrew the U.S. during his first term, and transition sources have said he wants to do it again. A withdrawal from the accord is significant because the United States is the world’s ...
Military.com24d
'America's First Veterans': Historians Need Your Help Identifying the Remains of Revolutionary War Troops
If successful, it will be the oldest unknown subject identification ever made in the United States. (Sarah Nell Blackwell ... "They are truly America's first veterans," Doug Bostick, the late ...
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Workings of the General Assembly
Comprising all Member States, it provides a unique forum for multilateral discussion of the full spectrum of international issues covered by the Charter of the United ... the first seat in the ...
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Climate and Environment
To wean itself off Russian natural gas, Europe has found new sources of energy, including imports from the United States. But high costs are straining the economy. Preliminary data from the first ...
Eugene Bullard, the World’s First Black Fighter Pilot
Eugene Bullard survived some of the deadliest battles in military history, became the world’s first Black fighter pilot, and ...
On this date: U.S. successfully launches its first satellite, Explorer 1
Explorer 1 was the first U.S. satellite and the first satellite to carry science instruments. The satellite was launched on Jan. 31, 1958, from Cape Canavera. Explorer 1 followed ...
Prime Minister of Canada23d
First Ministers’ statement on the Canada-United States relationship
“Canada and the United States have the closest and most successful partnership in the world. At their meeting today, Canada’s First Ministers reiterated that the two countries are stronger, more ...
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Which States Produce the Most Renewable Energy?
Some states get more than half their power from ... That made up 65.6% of its total electricity, which ranked first. Data source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (2025).
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Guterres hails Gaza ceasefire deal as ‘critical first step’
Speaking to reporters at UN Headquarters, António Guterres commended mediators Egypt, Qatar and the United States for their dedicated efforts ... “This deal is a critical first step, but we must ...