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Joe Biden, the 46th president of the United States, in his official presidential portrait

Joe Biden: The Record, the Vetoes and the Twenty-Four Days That Ended It

Joe Biden signed more major legislation than any Democratic president since Lyndon Johnson. He also cast four vetoes at the United Nations against a ceasefire in Gaza and sent Israel $17.9 billion

August 25, 2026

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Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United States, in his official presidential portrait

Barack Obama: Biography, Presidency and the Law That Survived

Barack Obama was the 44th president and the first Black president of the United States, serving two terms from 2009 to 2017. Most of what he built by executive order was undone

August 25, 2026

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Bill Clinton in a dark suit in his official portrait as the 42nd president of the United States

Bill Clinton: Biography, Impeachment and Four Budget Surpluses

Bill Clinton was impeached by the House in December 1998 and left office two years later with the highest final approval rating ever recorded. A full biography: Arkansas, NAFTA, welfare reform, the

August 24, 2026

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Ronald Reagan in a dark suit in his 1981 official portrait as the 40th president of the United States

Ronald Reagan: Biography, the Cold War and the Iran-Contra Record

Ronald Reagan carried 49 states in 1984, called the Soviet Union an evil empire, and then signed the only treaty that abolished a whole class of nuclear weapons. A full biography: Tampico,

August 24, 2026

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Abraham Lincoln in a bow tie and dark coat, photographed by Alexander Gardner on 8 November 1863

Abraham Lincoln: Biography, the Civil War and the Amendment He Did Not See

Abraham Lincoln had about a year of formal schooling and one undistinguished term in Congress before he was elected president of a country that immediately began to break apart. A full biography:

August 24, 2026

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Richard Nixon in a dark suit in his official presidential portrait as the 37th president of the United States

Richard Nixon: Biography, China, Watergate and the Only Resignation

Richard Nixon won 49 states in 1972 and resigned twenty months later. A full biography: the Whittier grocery, the Hiss case, the 1960 defeat, the opening to China, and the tapes that

August 24, 2026

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George Washington standing in black velvet beside a draped table in Gilbert Stuart's full-length Lansdowne Portrait of 1796

George Washington: Biography, Presidency and the Power He Handed Back

George Washington won a war he mostly lost battles in, then gave the power back twice. A full biography: the Virginia frontier, the Continental Army, the first presidency, and the 317 people

August 24, 2026

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Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell in archival photo related to Epstein Files case

Epstein Files: Judge Slams DOJ for Repeated Transparency Failures as Victims Settle

Federal Judge Emmet Sullivan publicly rebuked Justice Department lawyers at an August 13 hearing over a growing list of Epstein Files Transparency Act violations, as Epstein victims reached a civil settlement and

August 22, 2026

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Infographic showing Trump tariff impact of $147.60 on back-to-school supply basket including gym bags, calculators, notebooks and lunch bags

Trump Tariffs Add $147 to Back-to-School Supply Costs as Families Hit Peak Shopping Season

A National Taxpayers Union analysis published August 19 found tariffs add $147.60 to a standard basket of school supplies — gym bags, calculators, and notebooks — as Democratic lawmakers sent a letter

August 22, 2026

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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaking at a news conference

Washington Is Paying the UN $725m. It Owes More Than $4bn.

The State Department has notified Congress it intends to move $725m towards American arrears at the United Nations, weeks before Donald Trump addresses the General Assembly. The UN put the debt above

August 22, 2026

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Joe Biden: The Record, the Vetoes and the Twenty-Four Days That Ended It

Barack Obama: Biography, Presidency and the Law That Survived

Bill Clinton: Biography, Impeachment and Four Budget Surpluses

Ronald Reagan: Biography, the Cold War and the Iran-Contra Record

Abraham Lincoln: Biography, the Civil War and the Amendment He Did Not See

Richard Nixon: Biography, China, Watergate and the Only Resignation

George Washington: Biography, Presidency and the Power He Handed Back

Epstein Files: Judge Slams DOJ for Repeated Transparency Failures as Victims Settle

Trump Tariffs Add $147 to Back-to-School Supply Costs as Families Hit Peak Shopping Season

Washington Is Paying the UN $725m. It Owes More Than $4bn.

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