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The US is the most irresponsible superpower the world has seen in peacetime, but trying to fight it politically and ...
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Op-Ed: Time to restore federalism
The struggle to maintain the Constitution of the United States is an unending one. The battle is always on, although the fact be little appreciated,” wrote James M. Beck. Beck ...
His tariff lunacy is an extension of his election denialism. In every state Trump lost in 2020—that is, where he had a ...
From the last two-story outhouse in the U.S. to an actual fork in the road, here are New York's top roadside attractions — ...
Even close allies refuse to play Washington’s tariff‑tug‑of‑war game: Japanese Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato stated that Japan’s holdings of U.S. government debt - estimated to form ...
(In the Civil War, Sam grew a beard modeled on Lincoln’s.) Uncle Sam didn’t really become a household name until Thomas Nast’s sketches in Harper’s Weekly in the late 1860s and ’70s ...
British soldiers who died in World War One and were buried in unnamed graves have finally been identified. The remains of L/Cpl James Ball Baron, 29, L/Cpl Samuel Chapman, 19, and 2nd Lt Hugh Barr, 28 ...
Canada is launching a billboard offensive in its trade war with Uncle Sam, targeting highways in 12 red states with messages like “tariffs are a tax on your grocery bill.” “We are launching ...
"We fought a less than popular war in a country we knew nothing about ... and said he always looked up to his uncle Sam, a Vietnam veteran. "I am sorry. I apologize to you on behalf of those ...
In the press, Uncle Sam became “Uncle Shylock ... albeit at lower interest rates. Such post-war negotiations might seem dull and technical. In fact, Ms Eicher spins them into a gripping ...
Some say the name came from government supplies stamped "U.S." during the War of 1812. Others claim that a meat packer from Troy, New York — Sam Wilson, known to friends as "Uncle Sam" — sold ...