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Historic House speaker showdown highlighted matters of race and representation

Questions about race and representation permeated the debate over who can best reflect the will of the American electorate on the Hill.

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Maryland artist chosen to create U.S. Capitol statue of teen who fought segregation

Steven Weitzman will sculpt the bronze statue of Barbara Rose Johns, a 16-year-old who led protests against school segregation in Virginia. It will replace a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee.

WEKU

McCarthy fails for second day to win U.S. House speaker vote

Republicans in the House of Representatives failed for a second straight day to elect a leader on Wednesday, as a faction of holdouts repeatedly defied former President Donald Trump's call to unite behind his ally Kevin McCarthy.

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Commentary: For New Year’s resolutions, look to George Washington

As the calendar starts anew, so we seek to begin again. We make resolutions by which we can mitigate our vices and cultivate virtues either new or in need of renewal.

Chicago Tribune

Inside the Fight For the Soul (and Dollars) of the Fastest-Growing Sport in America

As pickleball mania has surged, evangelists and opportunists have appeared out of thin air. Collisions were inevitable.

Sports Illustrated

Scott Maxwell: Childhood immunizations drop in Florida, where public health is mocked

For most of humanity’s existence, most of us were all on the same team when it came to eradicating deadly diseases.

Orlando Sentinel

National Treasure Nicolas Cage might return for third film

Jerry Bruckheimer has teased there might be a National Treasure 3 on the drawing board, with a script written and sent to Nicolas Cage

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Ron Cook: Franco Harris leaves an irreplaceable void in Pittsburgh lore

PITTSBURGH — I did a 30-minute interview with Franco Harris two weeks ago on 93.7 The Fan. The final question I asked him was about his health.

Tribune News Service

‘Nothing could be a greater betrayal’: Jan 6 committee refers Donald Trump for prosecution for inciting insurrection and other charges

The referrals have no legal weight but could add to the pressure against Mr Trump, who is already the subject of multiple criminal probes

The Independent UK

Vladimir v. Vladimir

The leaders of the two antagonists in the Russia-Ukrainian war share the same name, albeit with some differences to account for the different languages (Volodymyr / Vladimir). If you prefer, you can say that each name is the commonly accepted translation of the other. In what other wars can the…

Reason

Virginia education agency proposes new history standards in public schools

The Virginia Department of Education proposed new standards on November 11, 2022, that aim to provide guidance to the state’s public schools on the Glenn Youngkin administration’s (R) preferred approaches to teaching Virginia and U.S. history.

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4 things you probably don’t know about fruitcake

Fruitcakes are a holiday treat many people love — and many more, it seems, love to hate. Stale jokes aside, though, the fruitcake has a long history that even predates Christmas itself.

Tribune News Service

Emmanuel Macron ready to discuss Ukraine and trade with Biden in state visit

French President Emmanuel Macron arrived in Washington on Tuesday for the first state visit of Joe Biden's presidency — a revival of diplomatic pageantry that had been put on hold because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

France 24

Biden, Macron Ready to Talk Ukraine, Trade in State Visit

French President Emmanuel Macron is headed to Washington for the first state visit of Joe Biden's presidency — a revival of diplomatic pageantry that had been put on hold because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Biden-Macron relationship had a choppy start. Macron briefly recalled France's ambassador to the United States…

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The Independent UK

Biden, Macron ready to talk Ukraine, trade in state visit

French President Emmanuel Macron will be the guest for the first state visit of Joe Biden’s presidency

The Independent UK

Why some Americans don’t celebrate Thanksgiving

The holiday is viewed by some to be a celebration of the conquest of Native Americans

The Independent UK

Why some Americans don’t celebrate Thanksgiving

The holiday is viewed by some to be a celebration of the conquest of Native Americans

The Conversation

How medieval Catholic traditions of thanksgiving prayers and feasting shaped the Protestant celebration of Plymouth's pilgrims

President Abraham Lincoln instituted the celebration of Thanksgiving as a national holiday in 1863 after the Union victory at the battle of Gettysburg, during the American Civil War. It was not a new idea – in 1789, President George Washington had proposed a yearly presidential proclamation of each annual Thanksgiving…

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Where do the Commanders stand in the NFL power rankings after Week 10?

Where did Washington's impressive win land them in the various NFL power rankings?

The Guardian - UK

How Brexit Britain went awol in the struggle to defend liberal democracy

Too many Tories, including Rishi Sunak, were enjoying the Eurosceptic dance. They didn’t stop to think who was paying the piper, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

Tribune News Service

‘Knocked over six cops.’ Kansan accused of assaulting officer enters plea in Capitol riot

A Kansas man scheduled to go to trial in Washington, D.C., this month on multiple felony charges in connection with the Capitol riot pleaded guilty to one count on Tuesday.

Tribune News Service

Q&A: Rep. Conor Lamb makes his case against ‘the two extremes’

Conor Lamb was every Democrat’s favorite Democrat in March 2018, a star in the making. He won one of the first congressional contests after Donald Trump took the White House, a special election in a part of western Pennsylvania that the president had carried by nearly 20 points.

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Rep. Conor Lamb makes his case against ‘the two extremes’ - Roll Call

He doesn’t regret running for Senate, but the departing Pennsylvania Democrat has some thoughts on the political climate.

The Independent UK

Kari Lake calls Steve Bannon a ‘modern day George Washington’ in surprise Arizona rally appearance

Trump’s former strategist faces four months in prison for defying subpoena from January 6 committee

The Conversation

The rich, white powerbrokers in A.M. Homes' new novel plot to be kingmakers – in the name of 'democracy'

The website of the America First Secretary of State Coalition (“America First SOS”) doesn’t include the word “democracy” anywhere. It goes hard on “integrity”, mentioning “voter” and “election” integrity four times in about 800 words. But the Coalition isn’t interested in democracy.

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