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Councilman announces plans to introduce legislation on future of Jacksonville’s neighborhoods, citizen engagement

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The future of history: Trump could leave less documentation behind than any previous US president

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Donald Trump's administration says it's the most transparent in history.

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US poets laureate criticize Trump's firing of Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden

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Three recent U.S. poet laureates are condemning President Donald Trump's firing of Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden.

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'Give me liberty or give me death' turns 250. Here's what it meant in 1775

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The phrase “Give me liberty or give me death!”.

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George has his day, and so does Abe. But states honor US presidents in lots of ways

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U.S. states seem to mark Presidents Day with as many different names and honors as there have been presidents.

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How Presidents Day has evolved from reverence to retail

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George Washington was uneasy about the idea of commemorating his life.

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The relationship between the White House and its press corps is time-tested — and can be contentious

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When the Trump administration barred Associated Press reporters from presidential events, it did so after an or-else demand that the news agency change its style from the “Gulf of Mexico” to the “Gulf of America,” in line with the president's executive order.

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White House rescinds federal funding freeze amid legal battle, widespread confusion

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The Trump administration has rescinded a plan for a sweeping pause on federal grants and loans totaling potentially trillions of dollars after it was temporarily blocked by a federal judge.

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Tech founder pledges to give away half his wealth to make the American dream more possible

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The tech entrepreneur Jeff Atwood and his family are pledging to give away half of their wealth within five years, starting with $1 million gifts to eight nonprofits this month.

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Biden got an Oval Office letter from Trump and may leave one in the desk himself. It’d be a first

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Every president since Ronald Reagan has left a note for his successor, and President Joe Biden could be the first to write a letter to someone who is both his successor and the predecessor who left a note for him.

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Marco Rubio warns China is America's 'biggest threat,' affirms value of NATO alliance

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Florida Sen. Marco Rubio painted a dark vision of the consequences of America’s “unbalanced relationship” with China.

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Another jackpot surpasses $1 billion. Is this the new normal?

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Remember this moment because it probably won’t last: A U.S. lottery jackpot has soared above $1 billion, and that’s still a big deal.

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Floridians: It’s time to vote. Are you ready?

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We have assembled a comprehensive Voters Guide, attempting to empower you with information about nearly 300 candidates and issues on the ballots across the 11 Florida counties in our viewing area.

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The long, ongoing debate over ‘All men are created equal’

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“All men are created equal.”.

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Fate of NYC City Hall Jefferson statue unclear after vote

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An 1833 statue of Thomas Jefferson will be removed from New York’s City Council chamber by the end of the year.

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10 things you didn’t know about our country’s past presidents

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Here are some fun facts about 10 U.S. presidents.

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Unity has long been a theme, and anxiety, for new presidents

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(AP Photo, File)NEW YORK – When Joe Biden addresses the country for the first time as president, his inaugural speech is likely to echo calls for unity that predecessors have invoked since the first time George Washington was sworn in. Unity has since been a theme, and an anxiety, for many incoming presidents, who have faced economic and social crises and moments when the very future of the U.S. was in doubt. “Unity has always been an aspiration," says presidential historian Douglas Brinkley. But when we have domestic turmoil we use the word unity.”The United States was forged through compromise among factions that disagreed profoundly on slavery, regional influence and the relative powers of state and federal government. “A president often claims the country is ‘united’ behind a belief when it’s more wishful thinking than reality,” Widmer says.

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Thomas Jefferson's enslaved grandson escaped

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An Ebony Magazine article titled, "Thomas Jefferson's Negro Grandchildren" was published in either 1954 or 1958. She broke that silence for the magazine interview, appearing with a handful of other elderly black men and women beneath the bold, all-capital-letters headline: "THOMAS JEFFERSON'S NEGRO GRANDCHILDREN." Peter Fossett, who had actually been born into slavery at Jefferson's Virginia plantation, Monticello. The plantation's online Thomas Jefferson Encyclopedia identifies Fossett as the grandson of slave Mary Hemings Bell (a relative of Sally Hemings) and an unknown white father possibly, it suggests, carpenter William Fosset. Bessie Curtis, when she spoke to Ebony Magazine, was listed as a caterer and an active member of First Baptist.

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