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President Trump has long celebrated William McKinley's tariff policies. See how those policies affected everyday Americans in ...

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The president has followed in the footsteps of Louis XIV of France and the czars of Russia, who operated national theaters as ...

Rather than ridiculing President's Trump's taste, responses to the Kennedy Center takeover would be better placed focusing on ...

When the US Navy’s Great White Fleet sailed into Sydney Harbour in 1908, it was an unmistakeable signal of imperial might, a ...

When the US Navy’s Great White Fleet sailed into Sydney Harbour in 1908, it was an unmistakeable signal of imperial might, a ...